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Medium 6.5HealthcarePublished Mar 22, 2021
CVE-2021-25920In OpenEMR, versions v2.7.2-rc1 to 6.0.0 are vulnerable to Improper Access Control when creating a new user, which leads to a malicious user able to read and send sensitive messages on behalf of the…
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In OpenEMR, versions v2.7.2-rc1 to 6.0.0 are vulnerable to Improper Access Control when creating a new user, which leads to a malicious user able to read and send sensitive messages on behalf of the victim user.
- CVSS
- 6.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-178
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 1.06% (percentile 64)
- Assigned by
- Mend
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Apr 30, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 12, 2026
Affected products
open-emr openemr open-emr:openemr | from 2.7.2 through 6.0.0 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/openemr/openemr/commit/0fadc3e592d84bc9dfe9e0403f8bd6e3c7d8427fx-refsource-misc, patch, third-party-advisory
- https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25920x-refsource-misc, third-party-advisory
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