FKIE_CVE-2026-24849

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-02-25 02:16 - Updated: 2026-02-25 16:56
Severity
9.9 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. Prior to version 7.0.4, the `disposeDocument()` method in `EtherFaxActions.php` allows authenticated users to read arbitrary files from the server filesystem. Any authenticated user (regardless of privilege level) can exploit this vulnerability to read sensitive files. Version 7.0.4 patches the issue.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/openemr/openemr/commit/22f8e53e5769a88b7a16cb223bd197d044c84e5aPatch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/openemr/openemr/security/advisories/GHSA-w6vc-hx2x-48pcExploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
open-emr openemr *
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