What is CVE-2022-4506?

CVE-2022-4506 is a high-severity vulnerability in Open-Emr Openemr, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-12-15.

How severe is CVE-2022-4506?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Arbitrary file upload in Open-Emr Openemr

CVE-2022-4506

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in GitHub repository openemr/openemr prior to 7.0.0.2.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

Published 2022-12-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 63.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.011 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Open-Emr Openemr
Openemr Openemr/openemr — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

huntr.dev/bounties/f423d193-4ab0-4f03-ad90-25e4f02e7942 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/openemr/openemr/commit/2e7678d812df167ea3c0756382408b670e8aa51f (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
www.cve.org/CVERecord

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-4506?: CVE-2022-4506 is a high-severity vulnerability in Open-Emr Openemr, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-12-15.
How severe is CVE-2022-4506?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.