Medium
Security advisory
Directory traversal in portal/import_template.php in versions of OpenEMR before 5.0.1.4 allows a remote attacker authenticated in the patient portal to read arbitrary files via the "docid" parameter when the mode is set to get.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-15140
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:03 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Directory traversal in portal/import_template.php in versions of OpenEMR before 5.0.1.4 allows a remote attacker authenticated in the patient portal to read arbitrary files via the "docid" parameter when the mode is set to get.
osv:CVE-2018-15140
Complete source record
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