CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-36243
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-02-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78
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 configurations
• open-emr openemr 5.0.2.1
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness
References
- https://blog.sonarsource.com/openemr-5-0-2-1-command-injection-vulnerability Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://community.open-emr.org/t/openemr-5-0-2-patch-5-has-been-released/15431 Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://community.sonarsource.com/t/openemr-5-0-2-1-command-injection-vulnerability-puts-health-records-at-risk/33592 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Patches Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://blog.sonarsource.com/openemr-5-0-2-1-command-injection-vulnerability Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://community.open-emr.org/t/openemr-5-0-2-patch-5-has-been-released/15431 Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://community.sonarsource.com/t/openemr-5-0-2-1-command-injection-vulnerability-puts-health-records-at-risk/33592 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Patches Patch, Vendor Advisory