CVE-2025-12921
Description
A vulnerability has been found in OpenClinica Community Edition up to 3.12.2/3.13. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /ImportCRFData?action=confirm of the component CRF Data Import. Such manipulation of the argument xml_file leads to xml injection. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| openclinica | openclinica | 3.12.2 | |
| openclinica | openclinica | 3.13 | |
References
- https://github.com/mikecole-mg/security_findings/blob/main/openclinica/openclinica-xxe.md
- https://github.com/mikecole-mg/security_findings/blob/main/openclinica/openclinica-xxe.md#poc
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.331641
- https://vuldb.com/?id.331641
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.680872
- https://github.com/mikecole-mg/security_findings/blob/main/openclinica/openclinica-xxe.md
- https://github.com/mikecole-mg/security_findings/blob/main/openclinica/openclinica-xxe.md#poc
CWEs
CWE-74 CWE-91
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.