Is this vulnerability remotely exploitable?

Yes. An attacker who can position themselves as a network intermediary between the OpenEMR server and external HTTPS services can exploit the lack of certificate validation to intercept or modify traffic.

What level of access does an attacker need?

The attacker needs control or influence over a relevant network path (e.g., same local network, compromised router, malicious Wi‑Fi hotspot, or upstream provider). They do not need credentials to OpenEMR itself but must be able to route traffic through infrastructure they control.

What is the safest general fix pattern?

Enforce strict TLS certificate and hostname verification for all HTTPS connections, using secure HTTP client defaults and trusted certificate stores. Remove or tightly constrain any configuration options that disable verification, and ensure that the HTTP client wrapper does not allow insecure defaults.

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.1)

Improper TLS Certificate Validation (CWE-295) in OpenEMR HTTP Client Wrapper

CVE-2025-67752

Published:

Feb 24, 2026

Status:

Analyzed

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

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HIGH RISK

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Remote Code Execution on the Router

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HIGH RISK

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April 6, 2026

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Improper Certificate Validation

CWE:

CWE-295

Impact:

Man-in-the-Middle Attack and Data Exposure

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.1)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Improper Certificate Validation

CWE:

CWE-295

Impact:

Man-in-the-Middle Attack and Data Exposure

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.1)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Improper TLS Certificate Validation (CWE-295) in OpenEMR HTTP Client Wrapper

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

Recent Vulnerabilities

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setGameSpeedCfg CGI Handler

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setFirewallType Handler

Vulnerability Type

Vulnerability Type

Vulnerability Type

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