# CVE-2015-4453: interface/globals.php in OpenEMR 2.x, 3.x, and 4.x before 4.2.0 patch 2 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain sensitiv

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2015-07-05 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

interface/globals.php in OpenEMR 2.x, 3.x, and 4.x before 4.2.0 patch 2 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain sensitive information via an ignoreAuth=1 value to certain scripts, as demonstrated by (1) interface/fax/fax_dispatch_newpid.php and (2) interface/billing/sl_eob_search.php.

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## References

- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jun/48
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000092
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132368/OpenEMR-4.2.0-Authentication-Bypass.html
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN22677713/index.html
- http://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Patches
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75299

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