CVE-2023-22974
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 22, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: October 24, 2026 at 01:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenEMR
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
A Path Traversal in setup.php in OpenEMR < 7.0.0 allows remote unauthenticated users to read arbitrary files by controlling a connection to an attacker-controlled MySQL server.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 7.0.0
Affected range stops below 7.0.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
PatchRelease Notes
Source: [email protected]
https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Patches#7.0.0_Patch_.2811.2F30.2F22.29ExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/openemr-remote-code-execution-in-your-healthcare-system/SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-552
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