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OpenEMR before 8.3.0 Arbitrary File Read/Write via disposeDocument

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Severity
critical
Date
Affecting

  • openemr >= 0, < 8.3.0

CWE
  • CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path
CVSS
9.3
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:H/SI:L/SA:N
Credit
4nt11
Description
OpenEMR before 8.3.0 contains a broken access control and path traversal vulnerability in the fax/sms module disposeDocument action via an unvalidated file_path parameter. Authenticated low-privilege users can read sqlconf.php to recover database credentials and write arbitrary files as the web user, enabling remote code execution.

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