CVE-2022-24830: Path Traversal in OpenClinica

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-05-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

OpenClinica is an open source software for Electronic Data Capture (EDC) and Clinical Data Management (CDM). OpenClinica prior to version 3.16 is vulnerable to path traversal in multiple endpoints, leading to arbitrary file read/write, and potential remote code execution. There are no known workarounds. This issue has been patched and users are recommended to upgrade.

Affected products

OpenClinica: before 3.13.1; from 3.15 before 3.16.2; 3.14 — fixed in 3.13.1, 3.16.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: OpenClinica 3.13.1, 3.16.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/OpenClinica/OpenClinica/commit/6f864e86543f903bd20d6f9fc7056115106441f3
https://github.com/OpenClinica/OpenClinica/security/advisories/GHSA-9rrv-prff-qph7
https://github.com/OpenClinica/OpenClinica/commit/6f864e86543f903bd20d6f9fc7056115106441f3
https://github.com/OpenClinica/OpenClinica/security/advisories/GHSA-9rrv-prff-qph7

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