CVE-2020-36243The Patient Portal of OpenEMR 5.0.2.1 is affected by a Command Injection vulnerability in /interface/main/backup.php.
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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 64.14%, higher than 99% of scored CVEs. That is high: schedule it on your emergency patch path.
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The Patient Portal of OpenEMR 5.0.2.1 is affected by a Command Injection vulnerability in /interface/main/backup.php. To exploit the vulnerability, an authenticated attacker can send a POST request that executes arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters.
- CVSS
- 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 64.14% (percentile 99)
- Assigned by
- mitre
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 12, 2026
Affected products
open-emr openemr open-emr:openemr | 5.0.2.1 | NVD |
References
- https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Patchesx-refsource-misc, patch, vendor-advisory
- https://blog.sonarsource.com/openemr-5-0-2-1-command-injection-vulnerabilityx-refsource-misc, exploit, third-party-advisory
- https://community.sonarsource.com/t/openemr-5-0-2-1-command-injection-vulnerability-puts-health-records-at-risk/33592x-refsource-misc, patch, vendor-advisory
- https://community.open-emr.org/t/openemr-5-0-2-patch-5-has-been-released/15431x-refsource-misc, patch, release-notes, vendor-advisory
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