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CVE-2023-22974

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-02-22 · updated 2026-10-24
• Weakness: CWE-552

Description

A Path Traversal in setup.php in OpenEMR < 7.0.0 allows remote unauthenticated users to read arbitrary files by controlling a connection to an attacker-controlled MySQL server.

Affected products

• openemr: before 7.0.0 — fixed in 7.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: openemr 7.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Patches#7.0.0_Patch_.2811.2F30.2F22.29
• https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/openemr-remote-code-execution-in-your-healthcare-system/
• https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Patches#7.0.0_Patch_.2811.2F30.2F22.29
• https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/openemr-remote-code-execution-in-your-healthcare-system/

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