TI-2023-21122 Aliases CVE-2023-40280 GHSA-vcrc-5v3q-7w58

An issue was discovered in OpenClinic GA 5.247.01.

HIGH 72CWE-22Published 2024-03-19 · Updated 2024-08-02

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · None · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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 popup.jsp.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00848 58th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:openclinic_ga_project:openclinic_ga:5.247.01:::::::*	5.247.01	Vulnerable	Openclinic Ga Project

cpe:2.3:a:openclinic_ga_project:openclinic_ga:5.247.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.247.01 Vulnerable ·Openclinic Ga Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-40280
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vcrc-5v3q-7w58

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/BugBountyHunterCVE/CVE-2023-40280/blob/main/CVE-2023-40280_Authenticated-Directory-Path-Traversal_OpenClinic-GA_5.247.01_Report.md

Other 1

https://sourceforge.net/projects/open-clinic/

TI-2023-21118 An issue was discovered in OpenClinic GA 5.247.01. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
TI-2023-21121 An issue was discovered in OpenClinic GA 5.247.01. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2023-21120 An issue was discovered in OpenClinic GA 5.247.01. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2023-21119 An issue was discovered in OpenClinic GA 5.247.01. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
TI-2023-21117 An issue was discovered in OpenClinic GA 5.247.01. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
TI-2020-16553 Command injection in OpenClinic CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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