OpenEMR CVE-2017-16540 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	101983
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2017-16540
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Nov 04 2017 12:00AM
Updated:	Dec 19 2017 10:37PM
Credit:	Isaac Sears
Vulnerable:	Openemr Openemr 2.8.1 Open-Emr OpenEMR 4.1.2 Open-Emr OpenEMR 4.1.1 Open-Emr OpenEMR 4.1 Open-Emr OpenEMR 4.0 Open-Emr OpenEMR 3.2 Open-Emr Openemr 5.0.0 Open-Emr Openemr 4.2.0 Open-Emr OpenEMR 3.2 Open-Emr Openemr 3.1.0 Open-Emr Openemr 2.8.3 Open-Emr OpenEMR 2.8.2
Not Vulnerable:	Open-Emr Openemr 5.0 Patch 5

OpenEMR CVE-2017-16540 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

OpenEMR is prone to remote privilege-escalation Vulnerability.

Remote attackers can exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges and perform unauthorized actions. Other attacks are also possible.

OpenEMR version prior to 5.0.0 Patch 5 are vulnerable.

OpenEMR CVE-2017-16540 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

OpenEMR CVE-2017-16540 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

OpenEMR CVE-2017-16540 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

References:

• OpenEMR Homepage (OpenEMR)
  
• OpenEMR flaw leaves millions of medical records exposed to attackers (helpnetsecurity)
  
• OpenEMR Upgrade Guides (vuldb)
  
• OpenEMR: CVE-2017-16540 (github)
  
• OpenEMR_Patches (open-emr)