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CVE-2022-23612

Directory Traversal in OpenMRS Startup Filter

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 22, 2022 at 10:55 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:30 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenmrs

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
PoC

Description

OpenMRS is a patient-based medical record system focusing on giving providers a free customizable electronic medical record system. Affected versions are subject to arbitrary file exfiltration due to failure to sanitize request when satisfying GET requests for `/images` & `/initfilter/scripts`. This can allow an attacker to access any file on a system running OpenMRS that is accessible to the user id OpenMRS is running under. Affected implementations should update to the latest patch version of OpenMRS Core for the minor version they use. These are: 2.1.5, 2.2.1, 2.3.5, 2.4.5 and 2.5.3. As a general rule, this vulnerability is already mitigated by Tomcat's URL normalization in Tomcat 7.0.28+. Users on older versions of Tomcat should consider upgrading their Tomcat instance as well as their OpenMRS instance.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Openmrs· Openmrs
95%
v < 2.1.5v < 2.2.1v < 2.3.5v < 2.4.5v < 2.5.31.6 ≤ v < 2.1.52.2.0 ≤ v < 2.2.12.3.0 ≤ v < 2.3.52.4.0 ≤ v < 2.4.52.5.0 ≤ v < 2.5.3
Affected range stops below 2.1.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.3.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.4.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.5.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (4)

x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-core/blob/ee3373a7a775bfdfa263e2e912c72e64342fb4f0/web/src/main/java/org/openmrs/web/filter/StartupFilter.java#L123
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-core/commit/db8454bf19a092a78d53ee4dba2af628b730a6e7#diff-7c64d9f61d4d4e2ddba92920d7cf63ec96091b308d43904956b3846bc0c26d80R128
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-core/security/advisories/GHSA-8rgr-ww69-jv65
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lgtm.com/projects/g/openmrs/openmrs-core/snapshot/fb1335c925ca4c94be5a546707b90d2c1efa4dcc/files/web/src/main/java/org/openmrs/web/filter/StartupFilter.java#L123

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22

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