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CVE-2022-23612

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2022-02-22
  • Fixed in2.5.3 · 2.4.5 · 2.3.5 · 2.2.1 · 2.1.5
  • WeaknessCWE-22

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Description

OpenMRS is a patient-based medical record system focusing on giving providers a free customizable electronic medical record system. Affected versions are subject to arbitrary file exfiltration due to failure to sanitize request when satisfying GET requests for `/images` & `/initfilter/scripts`. This can allow an attacker to access any file on a system running OpenMRS that is accessible to the user id OpenMRS is running under. Affected implementations should update to the latest patch version of OpenMRS Core for the minor version they use. These are: 2.1.5, 2.2.1, 2.3.5, 2.4.5 and 2.5.3. As a general rule, this vulnerability is already mitigated by Tomcat's URL normalization in Tomcat 7.0.28+. Users on older versions of Tomcat should consider upgrading their Tomcat instance as well as their OpenMRS instance.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2022-02-2223:15CVE publishedNVD

Versions per branch

NVD
Openmrs
BranchAffectedFixed in
2.5≥ 2.5.0, < 2.5.32.5.3
2.4≥ 2.4.0, < 2.4.52.4.5
2.3≥ 2.3.0, < 2.3.52.3.5
2.2≥ 2.2.0, < 2.2.12.2.1
2.1≥ 1.6, < 2.1.52.1.5

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

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As GitHub_M, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • openmrs-core
    Affected
    • = >= 1.6, < 2.1.5no fix stated
    • = >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.1no fix stated
    • = >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.5no fix stated
    • = >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.5no fix stated
    • = >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.3no fix stated

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2022-02-22

Fix

  1. Update Openmrs to 2.5.3 · 2.4.5 · 2.3.5 · 2.2.1 · 2.1.5

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof of concept
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionpoc2025-04-22
  • CNACVSS 3.17.5known since 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 3.17.5read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 2.05read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-22known since 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.9 %2026-11-09

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Published
2022-02-22
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-23612?

OpenMRS is a patient-based medical record system focusing on giving providers a free customizable electronic medical record system. Affected versions are subject to arbitrary file exfiltration due to failure to sanitize request when satisfying GET requests for `/images` & `/initfilter/scripts`. This can allow an attacker to access any file on a system running OpenMRS that is accessible to the user id OpenMRS is running under. Affected implementations should update to the latest patch version of OpenMRS Core for the minor version they use. These are: 2.1.5, 2.2.1, 2.3.5, 2.4.5 and 2.5.3. As a general rule, this vulnerability is already mitigated by Tomcat's URL normalization in Tomcat 7.0.28+. Users on older versions of Tomcat should consider upgrading their Tomcat instance as well as their OpenMRS instance.

Is CVE-2022-23612 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2022-23612, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-23612?

CVE-2022-23612 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

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