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Description

OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. In 7.0.4 and earlier, the disposeDocument() method in EtherFaxActions.php allows authenticated users to write arbitrary content to arbitrary locations on the server filesystem. This vulnerability can be exploited to achieve Remote Code Execution (RCE) by uploading malicious PHP web shells.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-01-27 | Published 2026-03-03 | Updated 2026-03-04 | Assigner GitHub_M




HIGH: 8.7CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Problem types

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Product status

<= 7.0.4
affected

References

github.com/...penemr/security/advisories/GHSA-5vp5-4rm6-h4c9

cve.org (CVE-2026-24848)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-24848)

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