CVE-2022-4505 — Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in GitHub repository openemr/op

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in GitHub repository openemr/openemr prior to 7.0.0.2.

01What is this vulnerability?

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in GitHub repository openemr/openemr prior to 7.0.0.2.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
openemr	openemr/openemr	unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-04-14T18:01:36.920Z

09References

• huntr.dev — https://huntr.dev/bounties/e36ca754-bb9f-4686-ad72-7fb849e97d92
• github.com — https://github.com/openemr/openemr/commit/235b1910ffe5296187667277d4e197a0c3a9ac…