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CVE-2017-16540

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-11-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

OpenEMR before 5.0.0 Patch 5 allows unauthenticated remote database copying because setup.php exposes functionality for cloning an existing OpenEMR site to an arbitrary attacker-controlled MySQL server via vectors involving a crafted state parameter.

Affected products

• openemr: before 5.0.0 — fixed in 5.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: openemr 5.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Patches
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101983
• https://isears.github.io/jekyll/update/2017/10/28/openemr-database-disclosure.html
• http://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Patches
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101983
• https://isears.github.io/jekyll/update/2017/10/28/openemr-database-disclosure.html

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