{"id":"CVE-2018-16521","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-16521","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:07:36.382Z","title":"An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability exists in HTML Form Entry 3.7.0, as distributed in OpenMRS Reference Application 2.8.0.","description":"An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability exists in HTML Form Entry 3.7.0, as distributed in OpenMRS Reference Application 2.8.0.","published":"2018-09-05T15:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:44:26.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-611"],"affected":["openmrs/html form entry","openmrs/reference application"],"epss":{"score":0.01916,"percentile":0.79738,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.92%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-module-htmlformentry/pull/137","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-module-htmlformentry/pull/138","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-module-htmlformentry/pull/137","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-module-htmlformentry/pull/138","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16521","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}