CVE-2018-15140 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal in portal/import_template.php in versions of OpenEMR before 5.0.1.4 allows a remote attacker authenticated in the patient portal to read arbitrary files via the "docid" parameter when the mode is set to get.

Published: 2018-08-13

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: 1.9% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:open-emr:openemr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-7020	Directory traversal in portal/import_template.php in versions of OpenEMR before 5.0.1.4 allows a remote attacker authenticated in the patient portal to read arbitrary files via the "docid" parameter when the mode is set to get.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01916.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/openemr/openemr/pull/1765/files
https://www.databreaches.net/openemr-patches-serious-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-project-insecurity/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45202/

History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.02098}`	epss `{'score': 0.0202}`

Subscriptions

Open-emr Openemr

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-08-13T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T09:46:25.390Z

Reserved: 2018-08-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-15140

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-08-13T18:29:00.387

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:50:23.497

Link: CVE-2018-15140

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-22

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