Openemr
CVE-2025-31117
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V4 - API and Web Service URL allowlisting, SSRF prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Credential Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 6.9 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.99%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could make the server perform requests to unintended internal or external resources by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Mar 28, 2026
OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Validate and allowlist destination URLs, block requests to internal networks, use network segmentation.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CWE-918), which allows attackers to make the server perform requests to unintended internal or external resources. OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. An Out-of-Band Server-Side Request Forgery (OOB SSRF) vulnerability was identified in OpenEMR, allowing an attacker to force the server to make unauthorized requests to external or internal resources. this attack does not return a direct response but can be exploited through DNS or HTTP interactions to exfiltrate sensitive information. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.0.3.1. Affected products include: Open-Emr Openemr.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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CVSS VectorGitHub Advisory
Lifecycle Timeline
3DescriptionGitHub Advisory
OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. An Out-of-Band Server-Side Request Forgery (OOB SSRF) vulnerability was identified in OpenEMR, allowing an attacker to force the server to make unauthorized requests to external or internal resources. this attack does not return a direct response but can be exploited through DNS or HTTP interactions to exfiltrate sensitive information. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.0.3.1.
Executive ViewAI
Organizations using OpenEMR should be aware of notable risk from CVE-2025-31117, a server-side request forgery vulnerability rated CVSS 6.9. Users could be tricked into performing unintended actions. Proof-of-concept code is publicly available. A patch is available and should be applied during regular vulnerability management.
Apply vendor patch. If patching is delayed: implement egress filtering, block metadata endpoints.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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EPSS
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
Server-Side Request Forgery exploits applications that fetch remote resources based on user-supplied URLs.
Affected Products (CPE)GitHub Advisory
An authenticated SQL injection vulnerability exists in OpenEMR ≤ 4.1.1 Patch 14 that allows a low-privileged attacker to
Unauthenticated token disclosure in OpenEMR before 8.0.0. CVSS 10.0. PoC and patch available.
Path traversal in OpenEMR 7.0.4 disposeDocument() allows file access. PoC available.
Path traversal in OpenEMR electronic health records before fix allows authenticated users to read arbitrary files on the
SQL injection in OpenEMR electronic health records before fix. Authenticated users can execute arbitrary SQL through the
OpenEMR 7.0.2 is vulnerable to SQL Injection via \openemr\library\classes\Pharmacy.class.php, \controllers\C_Pharmacy.cl
An issue in OpenEMR 7.0.2 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges viaa crafted POST request using the noteid par
Information disclosure in OpenEMR 5.0.2 to before 8.0.0 exposes sensitive data. PoC and patch available.
Remote code execution in OpenEMR through 8.2.0 lets an authenticated administrator poison the document category tree so
interface/fax/fax_dispatch.php in OpenEMR 4.1.0 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shel
interface/globals.php in OpenEMR 2.x, 3.x, and 4.x before 4.2.0 patch 2 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication
Authentication bypass vulnerability in portal/account/register.php in versions of OpenEMR before 5.0.1.4 allows a remote
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