CVE-2017-16540

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    CVE-2017-16540

    Published: 4 Nov 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: OpenEMR before 5.0.0 Patch 5 allows unauthenticated remote database copying because setup.php exposes functionality for cloning an existing OpenEMR site to an arbitrary attacker-controlled MySQL server via vectors involving a crafted state parameter.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101983, https://isears.github.io/jekyll/update/2017/10/28/openemr-database-disclosure.html, http://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Patches

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -a438d034088620bcc1dd3856a3d5c32d1cb17dcc

    Affected versions

    v3_0_1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High