CVE-2020-36243

high-risk
Published 2021-02-07

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.

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88.5% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 11% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Open-Emr

References (8)

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-vulnerabil...
Patch https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Patches
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-vulnerabil...
Patch https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Patches
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high-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 20/34 · Moderate
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal