CVE-2020-24621: Path Traversal

September 25, 2020 (updated October 5, 2020)

A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability was discovered in the htmlformentry (aka HTML Form Entry) module 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.

References

issues.openmrs.org/browse/HTML-730
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24621

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