CVE-2020-27227 Command injection in OpenClinic

What is CVE-2020-27227?

CVE-2020-27227 is a critical command injection vulnerability in OpenClinic, published on 13 Apr 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An exploitable unatuhenticated command injection exists in the OpenClinic GA 5.173.3. Specially crafted web requests can cause commands to be executed on the server. An attacker can send a web request with parameters containing specific parameter to trigger this vulnerability, potentially allowing exfiltration of the database, user credentials and compromise underlying operating system.

Weakness: CWE-78, CWE-77

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-27227?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Openclinic Ga Project Openclinic Ga.

How do I fix CVE-2020-27227?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-27227 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2020-27227 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-27227 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in OpenClinic

• 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
• CVE-2023-40276 Information disclosure in n/a Critical 9.1

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-2m4j-6gvx-869p.