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High 7.5HealthcarePublished Feb 22, 2023
CVE-2023-22974A Path Traversal in setup.php in OpenEMR < 7.0.0 allows remote unauthenticated users to read arbitrary files by controlling a connection to an attacker-controlled MySQL server.
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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.89%, higher than 79% of scored CVEs.
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A Path Traversal in setup.php in OpenEMR < 7.0.0 allows remote unauthenticated users to read arbitrary files by controlling a connection to an attacker-controlled MySQL server.
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 1.89% (percentile 79)
- Assigned by
- mitre
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Mar 12, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 12, 2026
Affected products
open-emr openemr open-emr:openemr | before 7.0.0 | NVD |
References
- https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Patches#7.0.0_Patch_.2811.2F30.2F22.29patch, release-notes
- https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/openemr-remote-code-execution-in-your-healthcare-system/exploit, third-party-advisory
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