CVE-2020-14494

mediumpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.013 · 70 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.31% (70th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

6 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cisa_csaf_ot · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

OpenClinic GA versions 5.09.02 and 5.89.05b contain an authentication mechanism within the system that does not provide sufficient complexity to protect against brute force attacks, which may allow unauthorized users to access the system after no more than a fixed maximum number of attempts.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

FixedOpenClinic GAcisa_csaf_ot
OpenClinic GA has released an updated version to resolve these vulnerabilities, and recommend users upgrade to Version 5.170.5 or later.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/open-clinic/files/

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 5–9.8

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.07.3highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · CISA US

v3.19criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-307USprimaryCWE-287USCWE-287US

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

OpenClinic GA: Version 5.09.02all versionscisa_csaf_otUS
OpenClinic GA: Version 5.89.05ball versionscisa_csaf_otUS
OpenClinic GA OpenClinic GAall versionscisa_csaf_otUS
n/a OpenClinic GA≤ Versions 5.09.02 and 5.89.05benisa_euvdEU
openclinic ga project openclinic ga= 5.09.02nvdUScpe:2.3:a:openclinic_ga_project:openclinic_ga:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openclinic ga project openclinic ga= 5.89.05bnvdUScpe:2.3:a:openclinic_ga_project:openclinic_ga:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

ICSMA-20-184-01OpenClinic GA (Update B)2020-07-02icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to bypass authentication, discover restricted information, view/manipulate restricted database information, and/or execute malicious code.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cisa_csaf_ot nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-07-20modified 2026-06-17

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references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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