Medium 6.8HealthcarePublished Nov 8, 2006

CVE-2006-5811PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in library/translation.inc.php in OpenEMR 2.8.1, with register_globals enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the GLOBALS[…

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Exploited in the last 30 days

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in library/translation.inc.php in OpenEMR 2.8.1, with register_globals enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the GLOBALS[srcdir] parameter.

CVSS: 6.8 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 2.87% (percentile 87)
Assigned by: mitre
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Aug 7, 2024
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 12, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

openemr openemr openemr:openemr	2.8.1	NVD

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2727exploit, x-refsource-exploit-db
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450698/100/0/threadedmailing-list, x-refsource-bugtraq
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30036vdb-entry, x-refsource-xf
http://advisories.echo.or.id/adv/adv60-theday-2006.txtx-refsource-misc, exploit, vendor-advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4382vdb-entry, x-refsource-vupen
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1844third-party-advisory, x-refsource-sreason
http://secunia.com/advisories/22695third-party-advisory, x-refsource-secunia, vendor-advisory

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