Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2018-25096 is a cross-site request forgery issue in Own Health Record alpha releases. A remotely delivered lure could cause a user’s browser to perform an unintended logout-related action. The business impact appears moderate and narrow, but it affects a health-record application, so exposed legacy deployments should be upgraded.
Executive priority
Treat this as a targeted legacy application risk, not an emergency internet-wide issue. Prioritize remediation if Own Health Record is used for patient or employee health data workflows.
Technical view
The issue is CWE-352 in includes/logout.php for MdAlAmin-aol Own Health Record 0.1-alpha, 0.2-alpha, 0.3-alpha, and 0.3.1-alpha. The supplied CVSS v2 score is 5.0 with network access, low complexity, no authentication, partial integrity impact, and no confidentiality or availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to organizations still running the affected Own Health Record alpha versions. The source bundle provides no CPEs, deployment prevalence, hosted service details, or evidence of broad internet exposure.
Exploitation context
The sources state remote initiation is possible, but do not show active exploitation. CISA KEV status is false. The bundle does not provide a public exploit, detailed attack chain, or confirmed abuse in the wild.
Researcher notes
Evidence is sufficient for affected versions, CWE, severity, and fixed release. Details are incomplete on the vulnerable code path, prerequisites beyond CVSS, and real-world exploitation. Avoid assuming impact beyond CSRF on logout.php.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade Own Health Record to 0.4-alpha.
- Confirm patch 58b413aa40820b49070782c786c526850ab7748f is present.
- If upgrade is delayed, check vendor guidance for supported compensating controls.
- Review exposure of legacy Own Health Record instances.
Validation and detection
- Inventory all Own Health Record deployments and record exact versions.
- Verify affected instances are upgraded to 0.4-alpha or include the named patch.
- Confirm includes/logout.php is no longer on an affected code version.
- Review application logs for unusual logout-related user complaints or patterns.
Public sources used
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CWE-352: User-session and phishing behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 5 (2.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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CVSS vector scores
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AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N102.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 2.0 score
5MediumVector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://vuldb.com/?id.249191CVE reference · vdb-entry
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.249191CVE reference · signature, permissions-required
- https://github.com/MdAlAmin-aol/ownhealthrecord/commit/58b413aa40820b49070782c786c526850ab7748fCVE reference · patch
- https://github.com/MdAlAmin-aol/ownhealthrecord/releases/tag/v0.4-alphaCVE reference · patch
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CWE details
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Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.