CVE-2025-32967: 
OpenEMR vulnerability analysis and mitigation

CVE-2025-32967 affects OpenEMR, a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. The vulnerability was discovered in versions prior to 7.0.3.4, where a logging oversight allows password change events to go unrecorded on the client-side log viewer. This security issue was disclosed on May 23, 2025, and has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) (NVD, GitHub Advisory).

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-778 (Insufficient Logging) and affects the password administration functionality. When an admin user changes their password via the user interface, the event is not recorded or visible in the application's client-side log viewer under the 'Update' event filter. While server-side MySQL logs may show a vague 'update' event, they do not clearly identify it as a password change. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS vector string of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N, indicating network accessibility with low attack complexity (GitHub Advisory).

The vulnerability violates secure logging best practices and prevents proper audit trails, which can hinder incident detection and forensic investigation. This logging inconsistency affects all administrators and potentially any user with password change access, weakening traceability and opening the system to undetectable misuse by insiders or attackers (GitHub Advisory).

The vulnerability has been patched in OpenEMR version 7.0.3.4. Users are advised to upgrade to this version or later to address the logging oversight (GitHub Advisory).