OpenEMR up to 5.0.1 Patch 6 download_template.php docid path traversal

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A vulnerability has been found in OpenEMR up to 5.0.1 Patch 6 and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function in the library /portal/lib/download_template.php. The manipulation of the argument docid with the input ../ leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-17180. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in OpenEMR up to 5.0.1 Patch 6 (Business Process Management Software). This issue affects an unknown part in the library /portal/lib/download_template.php. The manipulation of the argument docid with the input value ../ leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in OpenEMR before 5.0.1 Patch 7. Directory Traversal exists via docid=../ to /portal/lib/download_template.php.

The weakness was presented 05/17/2019. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-17180 since 09/18/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

By approaching the search of inurl:portal/lib/download_template.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Applying the patch 5.0.1 Patch 7 is able to eliminate this problem.

See VDB-135174 and VDB-135172 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Business Process Management Software

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• OpenEMR

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• 5.0.1 Patch 6

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• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/openemr/openemr/

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