Search criteria
1 vulnerability by OpenEMR Foundation
CVE-2013-10044 (GCVE-0-2013-10044)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-01 20:46 – Updated: 2025-11-28 21:39
VLAI?
Summary
An authenticated SQL injection vulnerability exists in OpenEMR ≤ 4.1.1 Patch 14 that allows a low-privileged attacker to extract administrator credentials and subsequently escalate privileges. Once elevated, the attacker can exploit an unrestricted file upload flaw to achieve remote code execution, resulting in full compromise of the application and its host system.
Severity ?
CWE
Assigner
References
| URL | Tags | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenEMR Foundation | OpenEMR |
Affected:
* , ≤ 4.1.1 Patch 14
(semver)
|
Credits
xistence
{
"containers": {
"adp": [
{
"metrics": [
{
"other": {
"content": {
"id": "CVE-2013-10044",
"options": [
{
"Exploitation": "poc"
},
{
"Automatable": "yes"
},
{
"Technical Impact": "total"
}
],
"role": "CISA Coordinator",
"timestamp": "2025-08-06T14:45:00.631090Z",
"version": "2.0.3"
},
"type": "ssvc"
}
}
],
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2025-08-06T14:45:03.937Z",
"orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
"shortName": "CISA-ADP"
},
"references": [
{
"tags": [
"exploit"
],
"url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/unix/webapp/openemr_sqli_privesc_upload.rb"
},
{
"tags": [
"exploit"
],
"url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/28329"
},
{
"tags": [
"exploit"
],
"url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/28408"
}
],
"title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment"
}
],
"cna": {
"affected": [
{
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"modules": [
"interface/new/new_comprehensive_save.php",
"interface/super/manage_site_files.php"
],
"product": "OpenEMR",
"vendor": "OpenEMR Foundation",
"versions": [
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "4.1.1 Patch 14",
"status": "affected",
"version": "*",
"versionType": "semver"
}
]
}
],
"cpeApplicability": [
{
"nodes": [
{
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:open-emr:openemr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"versionEndIncluding": "4.1.1",
"versionStartIncluding": "*",
"vulnerable": true
}
],
"negate": false,
"operator": "OR"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
],
"credits": [
{
"lang": "en",
"type": "finder",
"value": "xistence"
}
],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"supportingMedia": [
{
"base64": false,
"type": "text/html",
"value": "An authenticated SQL injection vulnerability exists in OpenEMR \u2264 4.1.1 Patch 14 that allows a low-privileged attacker to extract administrator credentials and subsequently escalate privileges. Once elevated, the attacker can exploit an unrestricted file upload flaw to achieve remote code execution, resulting in full compromise of the application and its host system.\u003cbr\u003e"
}
],
"value": "An authenticated SQL injection vulnerability exists in OpenEMR \u2264 4.1.1 Patch 14 that allows a low-privileged attacker to extract administrator credentials and subsequently escalate privileges. Once elevated, the attacker can exploit an unrestricted file upload flaw to achieve remote code execution, resulting in full compromise of the application and its host system."
}
],
"impacts": [
{
"capecId": "CAPEC-137",
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "CAPEC-137 Parameter Injection"
}
]
}
],
"metrics": [
{
"cvssV4_0": {
"Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
"Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
"Safety": "NOT_DEFINED",
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"attackRequirements": "NONE",
"attackVector": "NETWORK",
"baseScore": 8.7,
"baseSeverity": "HIGH",
"exploitMaturity": "NOT_DEFINED",
"privilegesRequired": "LOW",
"providerUrgency": "NOT_DEFINED",
"subAvailabilityImpact": "NONE",
"subConfidentialityImpact": "NONE",
"subIntegrityImpact": "NONE",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
"vectorString": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"version": "4.0",
"vulnAvailabilityImpact": "HIGH",
"vulnConfidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
"vulnIntegrityImpact": "HIGH",
"vulnerabilityResponseEffort": "NOT_DEFINED"
},
"format": "CVSS",
"scenarios": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "GENERAL"
}
]
}
],
"problemTypes": [
{
"descriptions": [
{
"cweId": "CWE-89",
"description": "CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command (\u0027SQL Injection\u0027)",
"lang": "en",
"type": "CWE"
}
]
},
{
"descriptions": [
{
"cweId": "CWE-434",
"description": "CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type",
"lang": "en",
"type": "CWE"
}
]
}
],
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2025-11-28T21:39:37.626Z",
"orgId": "83251b91-4cc7-4094-a5c7-464a1b83ea10",
"shortName": "VulnCheck"
},
"references": [
{
"tags": [
"exploit"
],
"url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/unix/webapp/openemr_sqli_privesc_upload.rb"
},
{
"tags": [
"exploit"
],
"url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/28329"
},
{
"tags": [
"exploit"
],
"url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/28408"
},
{
"tags": [
"product"
],
"url": "https://www.open-emr.org/"
},
{
"tags": [
"product"
],
"url": "https://github.com/openemr/openemr"
},
{
"tags": [
"third-party-advisory"
],
"url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openemr-sqli-priv-esc-rce"
}
],
"source": {
"discovery": "UNKNOWN"
},
"title": "OpenEMR \u2264 4.1.1 SQL Injection Privilege Escalation and RCE",
"x_generator": {
"engine": "vulncheck"
}
}
},
"cveMetadata": {
"assignerOrgId": "83251b91-4cc7-4094-a5c7-464a1b83ea10",
"assignerShortName": "VulnCheck",
"cveId": "CVE-2013-10044",
"datePublished": "2025-08-01T20:46:45.592Z",
"dateReserved": "2025-07-31T20:55:45.980Z",
"dateUpdated": "2025-11-28T21:39:37.626Z",
"state": "PUBLISHED"
},
"dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
"dataVersion": "5.2"
}