CVE-2023-22973

HIGH 8.8CVE-2023-22973 · Published 22/02/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2023-22973 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting openemr (open-emr).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.8%, higher than 78.6% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 7.0.0 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
openemr open-emr	`< 7.0.0`	`7.0.0`

Description

A Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in interface/forms/LBF/new.php in OpenEMR < 7.0.0 allows remote authenticated users to execute code via the formname parameter.

References

open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Patches · Patch
sonarsource.com/blog/openemr-remote-code-execution-in-your-healthcare-system · Exploit

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

openemr

open-emr

< 7.0.0

7.0.0

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