CVE-2019-14530
An issue was discovered in custom/ajax_download.php in OpenEMR before 5.0.2 via the fileName...
An issue was discovered in custom/ajax_download.php in OpenEMR before 5.0.2 via the fileName parameter. An attacker can download any file (that is readable by the user www-data) from server storage. If the requested file is writable for the www-data user and the directory /var/www/openemr/sites/default/documents/cqm_qrda/ exists, it will be deleted from server.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in custom/ajax_download.php in OpenEMR before 5.0.2 via the fileName parameter. An attacker can download any file (that is readable by the user www-data) from server storage. If the requested file is writable for the www-data user and the directory /var/www/openemr/sites/default/documents/cqm_qrda/ exists, it will be deleted from server.
- Record
CVE-2019-14530- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in custom/ajax_download.php in OpenEMR before 5.0.2 via the fileName parameter. An attacker can download any file (that is readable by the user www-data) from server storage. If the requested file is writable for the www-data user and the directory /var/www/openemr/sites/default/documents/cqm_qrda/ exists, it will be deleted from server.
- Record
CVE-2019-14530- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-5700 No score
An issue was discovered in custom/ajax_download.php in OpenEMR before 5.0.2 via the fileName parameter. An attacker can download any file (that is readable by the user www-data) from server storage. If the requested file is writable for the www-data user and the directory /var/www/openemr/sites/default/documents/cqm_qrda/ exists, it will be deleted from server.
- Record
EUVD-2019-5700- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2c2r-r59f-9396 No score
An issue was discovered in custom/ajax_download.php in OpenEMR before 5.0.2 via the fileName...
An issue was discovered in custom/ajax_download.php in OpenEMR before 5.0.2 via the fileName parameter. An attacker can download any file (that is readable by the user www-data) from server storage. If the requested file is writable for the www-data user and the directory /var/www/openemr/sites/default/documents/cqm_qrda/ exists, it will be deleted from server.
- Record
GHSA-2c2r-r59f-9396- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An issue was discovered in custom/ajax_download.php in OpenEMR before 5.0.2 via the fileName parameter. An attacker can download any file (that is readable by the user www-data) from server storage. If the requested file is writable for the www-data user and the directory /var/www/openemr/sites/default/documents/cqm_qrda/ exists, it will be deleted from server.
- Record
CVE-2019-14530- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | OpenEMR 5.0.1.7 - 'fileName' Path Traversal (Authenticated) | 2021-06-21 |
| Nuclei | OpenEMR <5.0.2 - Local File Inclusion | |
| PoC in GitHub | Wezery/CVE-2019-14530 | 2019-08-13 |
| PoC in GitHub | sec-it/exploit-CVE-2019-14530 | 2021-06-30 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Nuclei, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-14530 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Open-emr Openemr, published August 13, 2019. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 65.5%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/openemr/openemr/pull/2592
packetstormsecurity.com/files/163215/OpenEMR-5.0.1.7-Path-Traversal.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14530