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High · 8.1 CVE-2026-126481 EUVD-2026-124943GHSA-h78g-9g6c-wm8r

OpenEMR before 8.5.0 Path Traversal via ERA 835 File Upload

Published Nov 13, 2026 · Updated Nov 13, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

OpenEMR before 8.5.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in era_payments.php and sl_eob_search.php that allows authenticated billing users to write files outside the ERA directory. Attackers can embed traversal sequences in the GS04 element of an uploaded X12 835 file to overwrite .edi or .835 files with attacker-controlled content anywhere writable by the web server.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
openemr openemr < 8.5.0 8.5.0

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