What is CVE-2016-6272?

CVE-2016-6272 is a high-severity vulnerability in Epic Mychart, classified under XML Injection (Blind XPath Injection). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-02-20.

How severe is CVE-2016-6272?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-6272 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XPath Injection in Epic Mychart

CVE-2016-6272

XPath injection vulnerability in Epic MyChart allows remote attackers to access contents of an XML document containing static display strings, such as field labels, via the topic parameter to help.asp. NOTE: this was originally reported as a SQL injection vulnerability, but this may be inaccurate.

EPSS: 0.213 (97.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Epic Mychart
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-91 — XML Injection (Blind XPath Injection)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6272?: CVE-2016-6272 is a high-severity vulnerability in Epic Mychart, classified under XML Injection (Blind XPath Injection). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-02-20.
How severe is CVE-2016-6272?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-6272 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.