CVE-2026-24849 PUBLISHED

OpenEMR Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 27.01.2026 Published: 25.02.2026 Updated: 25.02.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 10

Product Status

Vendor openemr
Product openemr
Versions
  • Version < 7.0.4 is affected

References

Problem Types

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