CVE-2023-40279 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue was discovered in OpenClinic GA 5.247.01. An attacker can perform a directory path traversal via the Page parameter in a GET request to main.do.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.2031.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:openclinic_ga_project:openclinic_ga:5.247.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Openclinic Subscribe	Ga Subscribe
Openclinic Ga Project Subscribe	Openclinic Ga Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/BugBountyHunterCVE/CVE-2023-40279/blob/main/CVE-2023-40279_Authenticated-Directory-Path-Traversal_OpenClinic-GA_5.247.01_Report.md
https://sourceforge.net/projects/open-clinic/

History

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Openclinic Ga Project Openclinic Ga Project openclinic Ga
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:openclinic_ga_project:openclinic_ga:5.247.01:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Openclinic Ga Project Openclinic Ga Project openclinic Ga

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Openclinic Openclinic ga
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:openclinic:ga::::::::
Vendors & Products		Openclinic Openclinic ga
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-03-19T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-10T20:19:15.439Z

Reserved: 2023-08-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-40279

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T18:31:53.396Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-03-19T13:15:06.837

Modified: 2025-04-14T13:40:11.207

Link: CVE-2023-40279

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22

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