What is CVE-2017-7990?

CVE-2017-7990 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openmrs Module Reporting, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-04-21.

How severe is CVE-2017-7990?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

CSRF in Openmrs Module Reporting

CVE-2017-7990

The Reporting Module 1.12.0 for OpenMRS allows CSRF attacks with resultant XSS, in which administrative authentication is hijacked to insert JavaScript into a name field in webapp/reports/manageReports.jsp.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2017-04-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 64.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Openmrs Module Reporting — versions 1.12.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

www.youtube.com/watch (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/openmrs/openmrs-module-reporting/pull/141/commits/0023a659288538d276… (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7990?: CVE-2017-7990 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openmrs Module Reporting, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-04-21.
How severe is CVE-2017-7990?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.