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CVE-2022-4506: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in openemr/openemr

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-12-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-434

Description

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in GitHub repository openemr/openemr prior to 7.0.0.2.

Affected products

• openemr: before 7.0.0.2 — fixed in 7.0.0.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: openemr 7.0.0.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/openemr/openemr/commit/2e7678d812df167ea3c0756382408b670e8aa51f
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/f423d193-4ab0-4f03-ad90-25e4f02e7942
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4506
• https://github.com/openemr/openemr/commit/2e7678d812df167ea3c0756382408b670e8aa51f
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/f423d193-4ab0-4f03-ad90-25e4f02e7942
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4506

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