CVE-2012-0991
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in OpenEMR 4.1.0 allow remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot)…
- 3.5LowCVSS base score
- 9.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in OpenEMR 4.1.0 allow remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the formname parameter to (1) contrib/acog/print_form.php; or (2) load_form.php, (3) view_form.php, or (4) trend_form.php in interface/patient_file/encounter.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template and 3 Exploit-DB entries for it.
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Nuclei templates1 template
- OpenEMR 4.1 - Local File Inclusion (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2012/CVE-2012-0991.yamlSeverity low
Exploit-DB3 entries
- OpenEMR 4.1 - '/Interface/patient_file/encounter/trend_form.php?formname' Traversal Local File Inclusion (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 36648webapps, phppublished 1 Feb 2012Verified
- OpenEMR 4.1 - '/Interface/patient_file/encounter/load_form.php?formname' Traversal Local File Inclusion (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 36649webapps, phppublished 1 Feb 2012Verified
- OpenEMR 4.1 - '/contrib/acog/print_form.php?formname' Traversal Local File Inclusion (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 36650webapps, phppublished 1 Feb 2012Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
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- 5 days later
· 5 days later
Published
- 13 years later
· 13 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.5 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.2% · top 4.6% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- https://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/HTB23069 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 78727 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 51788 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20120201 Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenEMR (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 47781 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 78729 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 78728 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- openemr-formname-file-include(72914) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 78730 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Patches (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2012-1014 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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