CVE-2020-14491 Missing authorization in OpenClinic GA

What is CVE-2020-14491?

CVE-2020-14491 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in OpenClinic GA, published on 20 Jul 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

OpenClinic GA versions 5.09.02 and 5.89.05b do not properly check permissions before executing SQL queries, which may allow a low-privilege user to access privileged information.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14491?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Openclinic Ga Project Openclinic Ga.

How do I fix CVE-2020-14491?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-14491 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2020-14491 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14491 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in OpenClinic GA

• CVE-2020-27227 Command injection in OpenClinic Critical 10.0
• CVE-2020-14484 Security feature bypass in OpenClinic GA Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-14485 Auth bypass in OpenClinic GA Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-14494 Auth bypass in OpenClinic GA Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-40275 Information disclosure in n/a Critical 9.1

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-fpxw-h673-x56j.