High severity8.8OSV Advisory· Published Aug 15, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-15156

Description

OS command injection occurring in versions of OpenEMR before 5.0.1.4 allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands by making a crafted request to interface/fax/faxq.php after modifying the "hylafax_server" global variable in interface/super/edit_globals.php.

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Affected products

Openemr/OpenemrOSV2 versions
v2_7_2, v2_7_2-rc1, v2_7_2-rc2, …+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: v2_7_2, v2_7_2-rc1, v2_7_2-rc2, …
- (no CPE)range: <5.0.1.4

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_PatchesnvdPatchVendor Advisory
github.com/openemr/openemr/pull/1757nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
insecurity.sh/reports/openemr.pdfnvdTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
www.databreaches.net/openemr-patches-serious-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-project-insecurity/nvdThird Party Advisory

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