CVE-2017-16540
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.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.25%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.25% probability · 69th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- open-emr/openemr
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_PatchesIssue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101983
- https://isears.github.io/jekyll/update/2017/10/28/openemr-database-disclosure.htmlExploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_PatchesIssue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101983
- https://isears.github.io/jekyll/update/2017/10/28/openemr-database-disclosure.htmlExploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.