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    1 vulnerability by OpenEMR Foundation

    CVE-2013-10044 (GCVE-0-2013-10044)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-01 20:46 – Updated: 2026-05-15 11:14
    VLAI
    Title
    OpenEMR ≤ 4.1.1 SQL Injection Privilege Escalation and RCE
    Summary
    An authenticated SQL injection vulnerability exists in OpenEMR ≤ 4.1.1 Patch 14 that allows a low-privileged attacker to extract administrator credentials and subsequently escalate privileges. Once elevated, the attacker can exploit an unrestricted file upload flaw to achieve remote code execution, resulting in full compromise of the application and its host system.
    Severity
    8.7 (High)
    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
    SSVC
    Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
    • CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
    • CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
    Assigner
    References
    Impacted products
    Vendor Product Version
    OpenEMR Foundation OpenEMR Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.1.1 Patch 14 (custom)
    		Create a notification for this product.
    Date Public
    2013-09-17 00:00
    Credits
    xistence
    Show details on NVD website
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