CVE-2026-40506CWE-22path-traversal

CVE-2026-40506

Medium · published August 18, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
52.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

OpenEMR before 8.2.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the standard_tables_manage.php interface where the db GET parameter is passed without validation to temp_dir_cleanup(), which joins the value to the PHP temporary directory path and recursively deletes the resulting directory. Attackers can supply a traversal sequence in the db parameter to resolve outside the intended temporary directory, and by chaining this with an open redirect in dicom_frame.php, an unauthenticated attacker can deliver a crafted URL that triggers arbitrary recursive directory deletion within an authenticated Superuser's session.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
7.0 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00699 · 52.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Published
2026-08-18T01:16Z
References (6)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 AUG 20:39Z
    OpenEMR Path Traversal Arbitrary Directory Deletion via standard_tables_manage.php
    cvelistv5