CVE-2019-14530

Description

An issue was discovered in custom/ajax_download.php in OpenEMR before 5.0.2 via the fileName parameter. An attacker can download any file (that is readable by the user www-data) from server storage. If the requested file is writable for the www-data user and the directory /var/www/openemr/sites/default/documents/cqm_qrda/ exists, it will be deleted from server.

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Exploit-DB 1

OpenEMR 5.0.1.7 - 'fileName' Path Traversal (Authenticated) EDB-50037 · webapps · Jun 21, 2021

GitHub 2 repositories

sec-it/exploit-CVE-2019-14530 ★ 4 · Jun 30, 2021

OpenEMR < 5.0.2 - (Authenticated) Path Traversal - Local File Disclosure
Wezery/CVE-2019-14530 ★ 0 · Aug 13, 2019

OpenEMR security issue

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Automated scanner template

A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.

OpenEMR <5.0.2 - Local File Inclusion http/cves/2019/CVE-2019-14530.yaml

Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.

An issue was discovered in custom/ajax_download.php in OpenEMR before 5.0.2 via the fileName parameter. An attacker can download any file (…