Vulnerability · Published Feb 7, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-36243
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 64.1% (higher than 99.2% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)64.1%top 0.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Patches x_refsource_MISC
- https://blog.sonarsource.com/openemr-5-0-2-1-command-injection-vulnerability x_refsource_MISC
- https://community.sonarsource.com/t/openemr-5-0-2-1-command-injection-vulnerability-puts-health-records-at-risk/33592 x_refsource_MISC
- https://community.open-emr.org/t/openemr-5-0-2-patch-5-has-been-released/15431 x_refsource_MISC