# CVE-2020-14486: OpenClinic GA

> Attackers can bypass permission checks in OpenClinic GA by ignoring redirects, allowing unauthorized execution of commands.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Jul 2020
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-457v-px4g-7qcg

## What is CVE-2020-14486?

CVE-2020-14486 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in OpenClinic GA, published on 29 Jul 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An attacker may bypass permission/authorization checks in OpenClinic GA 5.09.02 and 5.89.05b by ignoring the redirect of a permission failure, which may allow unauthorized execution of commands.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization), CWE-285 (Improper Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14486?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Openclinic Ga Project Openclinic Ga.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-14486?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-14486 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-14486 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14486 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in OpenClinic GA

- [CVE-2020-27227](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-27227/): Command injection in OpenClinic (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2020-14484](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14484/): Security feature bypass in OpenClinic GA (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-14485](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14485/): Auth bypass in OpenClinic GA (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-14494](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14494/): Auth bypass in OpenClinic GA (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-40275](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40275/): Information disclosure in n/a (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-14486 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-14486 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in OpenClinic GA, published on 29 Jul 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14486 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: OpenClinic GA. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14486/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14486/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14486
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14486
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-14486

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14486/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.