Security restrictions bypass in OpenEMR - CVE-2018-10573

 

Security restrictions bypass in OpenEMR - CVE-2018-10573

Published: May 7, 2018 / Updated: May 27, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU12395
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10573
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The weakness exists in the interface/fax/fax_dispatch.php code due improper security restrictions. A remote attacker can send specially crafted input to the scan parameter and bypass access restrictions.

Affected software

OpenEMR

How to mitigate CVE-2018-10573

Update to version 5.0.1.

OpenEMR - update to 5.0.1

External References

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