Merge PACS 7.0 Cross-Site Request Forgery via merge-viewer
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
Merge PACS 7.0 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to perform unauthorized actions by crafting malicious HTML forms targeting the merge-viewer endpoint. Attackers can submit POST requests to /servlet/actions/merge-viewer/summary with login credentials to hijack user sessions and gain unauthorized access to the PACS system.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-25298
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v3cg-527x-3wwv
References
Exploit 1
Other 1
Sources
- CVE-2018-25298 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-25298 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-v3cg-527x-3wwv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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