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OpenEMR before 8.5.0 Missing Authorization via user_settings.php Global Override

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Severity
high
Date
Affecting

  • openemr >= 0, < 8.5.0

CWE
  • CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
CVSS
7.1
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
Nora-Qiu
Description
OpenEMR before 8.5.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in library/ajax/user_settings.php that lets any authenticated user persist arbitrary global configuration overrides. Attackers can POST global:-prefixed keys to re-point external service hosts like CouchDB, eRx, phiMail, or SMTP to attacker-controlled servers, exfiltrating system credentials and patient PHI.

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