OpenEMR before 8.5.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in era_payments.php and sl_eob_search.php that allows authenticated billing users to write files outside the ERA directory. Attackers can embed traversal sequences in the GS04 element of an uploaded X12 835 file to overwrite .edi or .835 files with attacker-controlled content anywhere writable by the web server.
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Fri, 13 Nov 2026 09:45:00 +0000
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| Description | OpenEMR before 8.5.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in era_payments.php and sl_eob_search.php that allows authenticated billing users to write files outside the ERA directory. Attackers can embed traversal sequences in the GS04 element of an uploaded X12 835 file to overwrite .edi or .835 files with attacker-controlled content anywhere writable by the web server. | |
| Title | OpenEMR before 8.5.0 Path Traversal via ERA 835 File Upload | |
| First Time appeared |
Open-emr
Open-emr openemr |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-22 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:open-emr:openemr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Open-emr
Open-emr openemr |
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cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-11-13T18:47:07.713Z
Reserved: 2026-11-10T21:44:28.726Z
Link: CVE-2026-126481
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Status : Undergoing Analysis
Published: 2026-11-13T10:17:57.893
Modified: 2026-11-13T19:19:24.300
Link: CVE-2026-126481
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