CVE-2019-14530
An issue was discovered in custom/ajax_download.php in OpenEMR before 5.0.2 via the fileName parameter. An attacker can download any file…
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 65.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
An issue was discovered in custom/ajax_download.php in OpenEMR before 5.0.2 via the fileName parameter. An attacker can download any file (that is readable by the user www-data) from server storage. If the requested file is writable for the www-data user and the directory /var/www/openemr/sites/default/documents/cqm_qrda/ exists, it will be deleted from server.
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 an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits2
Nuclei templates1 template
- OpenEMR <5.0.2 - Local File Inclusion (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2019/CVE-2019-14530.yamlSeverity high
Exploit-DB1 entry
- OpenEMR 5.0.1.7 - 'fileName' Path Traversal (Authenticated) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 50037webapps, phppublished 21 Jun 2021Not verified
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
By mitre
- 11 days later
· 11 days later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 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 | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 65.5% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References5
- https://github.com/openemr/openemr/pull/2592 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/Wezery/CVE-2019-14530 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163215/OpenEMR-5.0.1.7-Path-Traversal.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163375/OpenEMR-5.0.1.7-Path-Traversal.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/Hacker5preme/Exploits/tree/main/CVE-2019-14530-Exploit (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2019-5700 (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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