What is CVE-2017-11743?

CVE-2017-11743 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Medhost Connex, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-07-31.

How severe is CVE-2017-11743?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Medhost Connex

CVE-2017-11743

MEDHOST Connex contains a hard-coded Mirth Connect admin credential that is used for customer Mirth Connect management access. An attacker with knowledge of the hard-coded credential and the ability to communicate directly with the Mirth Connect management console may be able to intercept sensitive patient information. The admin account password is hard-coded as $K8t1ng throughout the application, and is the same across all installations. Customers do not have the option to change the Mirth Connect admin account password. The Mirth Connect admin account is created during the Connex install. The plaintext account password is hard-coded multiple times in the Connex install and update scripts.

EPSS: 0.016 (73.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Medhost Connex
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

cve@mitre.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11743?: CVE-2017-11743 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Medhost Connex, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-07-31.
How severe is CVE-2017-11743?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.