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high 8.8

CVE-2019-14530 in the critical feed json

An issue was discovered in custom/ajax_download.php in OpenEMR before 5.0.2 via the fileName parameter.

published 2019-08-13 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-5700

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
65.5%
EPSS 65.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.2%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • open-emr openemr 5.0.2

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-50037)

Exploit prediction

65.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-50037 OpenEMR 5.0.1.7 - 'fileName' Path Traversal (Authenticated) webapps, 2021-06-21
  • Nuclei template OpenEMR <5.0.2 - Local File Inclusion nuclei detection template
  • github.com https://github.com/Wezery/CVE-2019-14530 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163215/OpenEMR-5.0.1.7-Path-Traversal.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163375/OpenEMR-5.0.1.7-Path-Traversal.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/Hacker5preme/Exploits/tree/main/CVE-2019-14530-Exploit referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.0 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.