What is CVE-2017-16540?

CVE-2017-16540 is a high-severity vulnerability in Open-emr Openemr, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-11-04.

How severe is CVE-2017-16540?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Open-emr Openemr

CVE-2017-16540

OpenEMR before 5.0.0 Patch 5 allows unauthenticated remote database copying because setup.php exposes functionality for cloning an existing OpenEMR site to an arbitrary attacker-controlled MySQL server via vectors involving a crafted state…

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.003 (56.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Open-emr Openemr
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16540?: CVE-2017-16540 is a high-severity vulnerability in Open-emr Openemr, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-11-04.
How severe is CVE-2017-16540?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.