High severity · published Aug 13, 2019
CVE-2019-14530
An issue was discovered in custom/ajax_download.php in OpenEMR before 5.0.2 via the fileName parameter
8.8
CVSS
65.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in custom/ajax_download.php in OpenEMR before 5.0.2 via the fileName parameter. An attacker can download any file (that is readable by the user www-data) from server storage. If the requested file is writable for the www-data user and the directory /var/www/openemr/sites/default/documents/cqm_qrda/ exists, it will be deleted from server.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)65.5% · higher than 99% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
Openemr · Open-emr
before 5.0.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14530
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-14530
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163215/OpenEMR-5.0.1.7-Path-Traversal.html
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163375/OpenEMR-5.0.1.7-Path-Traversal.html
Exploit
https://github.com/Hacker5preme/Exploits/tree/main/CVE-2019-14530-Exploit
Exploit
https://github.com/Wezery/CVE-2019-14530
Patch
https://github.com/openemr/openemr/pull/2592
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