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Vulnerability · CVE-2026-24848

OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application.

Published Mar 3, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · OpenEMR is a free

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-24848. EPSS is 6.60%. Act only if a listed version of OpenEMR is a free is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (OpenEMR is a free).
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High8.7
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
6.60%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
cpe open-emr/openemr · stated openemr

OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. In 7.0.4 and earlier, the disposeDocument() method in EtherFaxActions.php allows authenticated users to write arbitrary content to arbitrary locations on the server filesystem. This vulnerability can be exploited to achieve Remote Code Execution (RCE) by uploading malicious PHP web shells.

Are you affected?

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  • cpe open-emr/openemrversion unspecified
  • stated openemr<= 7.0.4

How to fix CVE-2026-24848

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-24848. EPSS is 6.60%. Act only if a listed version of OpenEMR is a free is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with <= 7.0.4. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-22: Path Traversal. EPSS 6.60%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Mar 3, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. In 7.0.4 and earlier, the disposeDocument() method in EtherFaxActions.php allows authenticated users to write arbitrary content to arbitrary locations on the server filesystem. This vulnerability can be exploited to achieve Remote Code Execution (RCE) by uploading malicious PHP web shells.

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. In 7.0.4 and earlier, the disposeDocument() method in EtherFaxActions.php allows authenticated users to write arbitrary content to arbitrary locations on the server filesystem. This vulnerability can be exploited to achieve Remote Code Execution (RCE) by uploading malicious PHP web shells.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-24848

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-24848

    30-day exploitation probability 6.6%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-24848

    OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. In 7.0.4 and earlier, the disposeDocument() method in EtherFaxActions.php allows authenticated users to write arbitrary content to arbitrary locations on the server filesystem

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.