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Medium 6.8HealthcarePublished Sep 9, 2012

CVE-2011-5161Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the patient photograph functionality in OpenEMR 4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a file with an executable extension foll…

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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.97%, higher than 80% of scored CVEs.

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the patient photograph functionality in OpenEMR 4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a file with an executable extension followed by a safe extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the patient directory under documents/.

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)
1.97% (percentile 80)
Assigned by
mitre
NVD analysis
Modified
Record last updated
Aug 7, 2024
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 12, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
open-emr openemr
open-emr:openemr
4.0.0; 4.1.0; 4.1.1
NVD

References

  • vdb-entry, x-refsource-xf
  • exploit, x-refsource-exploit-db

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