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CVE-2019-14530

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2019-08-13
  • Fixed in5.0.2
  • WeaknessCWE-22

Am I affected?

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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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2019-08-1314:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2021-06-21Exploit-DB entryExploit-DB

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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Versions per branch

NVD
Open-emr openemr
BranchAffectedFixed in
5.0< 5.0.25.0.2

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

  1. Update Open-emr openemr to 5.0.2

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-02 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
available
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
EDB-50037
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
2 repositories, unverifiedWezery/CVE-2019-14530sec-it/exploit-CVE-2019-14530
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2019-08-13
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is 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 (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.

Is CVE-2019-14530 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2019-14530 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 65.5% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-14530?

CVE-2019-14530 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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