THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-6272
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-6272

Mychart vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
21.3%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Epic
Affected product
Mychart
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2018-02-20

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 21.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-6272

  • Confirm whether Epic Mychart is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-6272.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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