Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability in Merge PACS by Merge Healthcare
CVE-2018-25298

6.9MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Merge

Status
Merge Pacs
Vendor
CVE Published:
29 April 2026

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

What is CVE-2018-25298?

Merge PACS 7.0 has a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that enables attackers to forge requests, allowing them to perform unauthorized actions. By exploiting this weakness, malicious actors can craft HTML forms that target the merge-viewer endpoint. If successful, they can submit crafted POST requests to /servlet/actions/merge-viewer/summary with valid login credentials, resulting in session hijacking and unauthorized access to the PACS environment.

Affected Version(s)

Merge PACS 7.0

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2018-25298 - Proof of Concept

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44681
exploit
http://www.merge.com/
product
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/merge-pacs-cross-sit...
third-party-advisory

CVSS V4

Score:
6.9
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
None
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
None

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Safak Aslan
.