CVE-2017-12796: Openmrs

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 4.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Reporting Compatibility Add On before 2.0.4 for OpenMRS, as distributed in OpenMRS Reference Application before 2.6.1, does not authenticate users when deserializing XML input into ReportSchema objects. The result is that remote unauthenticated users are able to execute operating system commands by crafting malicious XML payloads, as demonstrated by a single admin/reports/reportSchemaXml.form request.

Affected products

• Openmrs Openmrs: before 2.6.1 (fixed in 2.6.1)

Published 2017-10-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.