Researchers from Sonar have detailed three vulnerabilities in the open-source health record and medical practice management software OpenEMR. The flaws – an unauthenticated file read, authenticated local file inclusion, and authenticated reflected XSS – could be exploited to execute arbitrary system commands and steal patient data. All three flaws are fixed in OpenEMR version 7.0.0.
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- Chris Patterson, one of our SANS.edu students, did a systematic code review of OpenEMR last year, also finding a few vulnerabilities. His research paper can be found here: How Secure Is Your Health Information? Electronic Medical Record Vulnerability Discovery
- The flaws are fixed in OpenEMR 7-0-0-Patch-2. Be sure to cross check the files in the patch as it will overwrite these if you’ve customized them.
Read more in: OpenEMR – Remote Code Execution in your Healthcare System
Alex Lim
Alex Lim is a certified IT Technical Support Architect with over 15 years of experience in designing, implementing, and troubleshooting complex IT systems and networks. He has worked for leading IT companies, such as Microsoft, IBM, and Cisco, providing technical support and solutions to clients across various industries and sectors. Alex has a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the National University of Singapore and a master’s degree in information security from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also the author of several best-selling books on IT technical support, such as The IT Technical Support Handbook and Troubleshooting IT Systems and Networks. Alex lives in Bandar, Johore, Malaysia with his wife and two chilrdren. You can reach him at [email protected] or follow him on Website | Twitter | Facebook
