HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2012-0992

Openemr vulnerability

CVSS
8.5
EPSS
3.8%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
interface/fax/fax_dispatch.php in OpenEMR 4.1.0 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the file parameter.
Affected vendor
Openemr
Affected product
Openemr
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2012-02-07

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-0992

  • Confirm whether Openemr Openemr is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-0992.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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