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FKIE_CVE-2021-25920

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-03-22 20:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:42
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Summary
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.
References
vulnerabilitylab@mend.iohttps://github.com/openemr/openemr/commit/0fadc3e592d84bc9dfe9e0403f8bd6e3c7d8427fPatch, Third Party Advisory
vulnerabilitylab@mend.iohttps://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25920Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/openemr/openemr/commit/0fadc3e592d84bc9dfe9e0403f8bd6e3c7d8427fPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25920Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
open-emr openemr *
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