CVE-2020-14494 describes a critical authentication vulnerability in OpenClinic GA versions 5.09.02 and 5.89.05b. The system's authentication mechanism lacks sufficient complexity to prevent brute-force attacks, allowing unauthorized access after a limited number of attempts. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this network-exploitable vulnerability requires no user interaction and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its potential impact, particularly on healthcare organizations.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.09.02CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openclinic_ga_project:openclinic_ga:5.09.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.89.05bCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openclinic_ga_project:openclinic_ga:5.89.05b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.