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ID:6477 - Exploit for Path traversal in OpenEMR - CVE-2019-14530
ID:6477 - Exploit for Path traversal in OpenEMR - CVE-2019-14530
Published: June 28, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30824
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14530
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
OpenEMR
OpenEMR
Link to public exploit:
Vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.