CVE-2022-23612

Name: CVE-2022-23612
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2022-02-22T23:15:11.4+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

HIGHCVSS 7.5/10EPSS 1.90%

Last modified Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-23612 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.5/10 on the CVSS scale. OpenMRS is a patient-based medical record system focusing on giving providers a free customizable electronic medical record system. Affected versions are subject to arbitrary file exfiltration due to failure to sanitize request when satisfying GET requests for `/images` & `/initfilter/scripts`. EPSS estimates a 1.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

OpenMRS is a patient-based medical record system focusing on giving providers a free customizable electronic medical record system. Affected versions are subject to arbitrary file exfiltration due to failure to sanitize request when satisfying GET requests for `/images` & `/initfilter/scripts`. This can allow an attacker to access any file on a system running OpenMRS that is accessible to the user id OpenMRS is running under. Affected implementations should update to the latest patch version of OpenMRS Core for the minor version they use. These are: 2.1.5, 2.2.1, 2.3.5, 2.4.5 and 2.5.3. As a general rule, this vulnerability is already mitigated by Tomcat's URL normalization in Tomcat 7.0.28+. Users on older versions of Tomcat should consider upgrading their Tomcat instance as well as their OpenMRS instance.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

7.5/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS Probability

1.90%

77.1th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Openmrs	Openmrs	>= 1.6, < 2.1.5
Openmrs	Openmrs	>= 2.2.0, < 2.2.1
Openmrs	Openmrs	>= 2.3.0, < 2.3.5
Openmrs	Openmrs	>= 2.4.0, < 2.4.5
Openmrs	Openmrs	>= 2.5.0, < 2.5.3

References

https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-core/blob/ee3373a7a775bfdfa263e2e912c72e64342fb4f0/web/src/main/java/org/openmrs/web/filter/StartupFilter.java#L123Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-core/commit/db8454bf19a092a78d53ee4dba2af628b730a6e7#diff-7c64d9f61d4d4e2ddba92920d7cf63ec96091b308d43904956b3846bc0c26d80R128Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-core/security/advisories/GHSA-8rgr-ww69-jv65Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lgtm.com/projects/g/openmrs/openmrs-core/snapshot/fb1335c925ca4c94be5a546707b90d2c1efa4dcc/files/web/src/main/java/org/openmrs/web/filter/StartupFilter.java#L123Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-core/blob/ee3373a7a775bfdfa263e2e912c72e64342fb4f0/web/src/main/java/org/openmrs/web/filter/StartupFilter.java#L123Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-core/commit/db8454bf19a092a78d53ee4dba2af628b730a6e7#diff-7c64d9f61d4d4e2ddba92920d7cf63ec96091b308d43904956b3846bc0c26d80R128Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-core/security/advisories/GHSA-8rgr-ww69-jv65Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lgtm.com/projects/g/openmrs/openmrs-core/snapshot/fb1335c925ca4c94be5a546707b90d2c1efa4dcc/files/web/src/main/java/org/openmrs/web/filter/StartupFilter.java#L123Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Feb 22, 2022
Last Modified: Jun 17, 2026
Status: Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2022-23612?

How severe is CVE-2022-23612?

CVE-2022-23612 has a CVSS score of 7.5/10 (HIGH severity). The EPSS model estimates a 1.90% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-23612?

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Source: NVD / NIST