CVE-2017-16540 describes a critical vulnerability in OpenEMR versions prior to 5.0.0 Patch 5, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to copy the entire database. This flaw stems from the setup.php script exposing functionality to clone an existing OpenEMR site to an attacker-controlled MySQL server through a crafted 'state' parameter. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no user interaction, leading to a complete compromise of confidentiality. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:open-emr:openemr:*:patch_5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.