Advisories

OpenEMR before 8.5.0 Missing Authorization in Module Manager Installer Actions

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Severity
high
Date
Affecting
  • openemr >= 0, < 8.5.0

CWE
  • CWE-862 Missing Authorization
CVSS
7.2
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
L0stHeart, farisv
Description
OpenEMR before 8.5.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in five Module Manager InstallerController actions that lack the admin/manage_modules ACL check and CSRF validation. Low-privilege users such as Front Office accounts can POST to saveConfig or SaveHooks to overwrite any module's configuration, retarget CCDA and HIE settings, and delete module hooks.

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