High severity · published Feb 7, 2021
CVE-2020-36243
The Patient Portal of OpenEMR 5.0.2.1 is affected by a Command Injection vulnerability in /interface/main/backup.php
8.8
CVSS
64.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)64.1% · higher than 99% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
Openemr · Open-emr
5.0.2.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36243
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36243
Exploit
https://blog.sonarsource.com/openemr-5-0-2-1-command-injection-vulnerability
Patch
https://community.open-emr.org/t/openemr-5-0-2-patch-5-has-been-released/15431
Patch
https://community.sonarsource.com/t/openemr-5-0-2-1-command-injection-vulnerability-puts-health-records-at-risk/33592
Patch
https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Patches
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