CVE-2020-24621

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability was discovered in the htmlformentry (aka HTML Form Entry) module before 3.11.0 for OpenMRS. By leveraging path traversal, a malicious Velocity Template Language file could be written to a directory. This file could then be accessed and executed.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-22

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-module-htmlformentry/pull/178Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-module-uiframework/pull/59Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://issues.openmrs.org/browse/HTML-730Vendor Advisory
https://www.contrastsecurity.com/security-influencersThird Party Advisory
https://www.contrastsecurity.com/security-influencers/authenticated-remote-code-execution-openmrsExploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-module-htmlformentry/pull/178Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-module-uiframework/pull/59Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://issues.openmrs.org/browse/HTML-730Vendor Advisory
https://www.contrastsecurity.com/security-influencersThird Party Advisory
https://www.contrastsecurity.com/security-influencers/authenticated-remote-code-execution-openmrsExploit, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Sep 25, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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