FKIE_CVE-2021-32101

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-05-07 04:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:52
Severity
8.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Summary
The Patient Portal of OpenEMR 5.0.2.1 is affected by a incorrect access control system in portal/patient/_machine_config.php. To exploit the vulnerability, an unauthenticated attacker can register an account, bypassing the permission check of this portal's API. Then, the attacker can then manipulate and read data of every registered patient.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://blog.sonarsource.com/openemr-5-0-2-1-command-injection-vulnerabilityThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://community.open-emr.org/t/openemr-5-0-2-patch-5-has-been-released/15431Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://community.sonarsource.com/t/openemr-5-0-2-1-command-injection-vulnerability-puts-health-records-at-risk/33592Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://portswigger.net/daily-swig/healthcare-security-openemr-fixes-serious-flaws-that-lead-to-command-execution-in-patient-portalThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://blog.sonarsource.com/openemr-5-0-2-1-command-injection-vulnerabilityThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://community.open-emr.org/t/openemr-5-0-2-patch-5-has-been-released/15431Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://community.sonarsource.com/t/openemr-5-0-2-1-command-injection-vulnerability-puts-health-records-at-risk/33592Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/healthcare-security-openemr-fixes-serious-flaws-that-lead-to-command-execution-in-patient-portalThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
open-emr openemr 5.0.2.1
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