CVE-2020-36243
The Patient Portal of OpenEMR 5.0.2.1 is affected by a Command Injection vulnerability in /interface/main/backup.php.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 64.1%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 64.14% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- open-emr/openemr
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 64.1% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://blog.sonarsource.com/openemr-5-0-2-1-command-injection-vulnerabilityExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://community.open-emr.org/t/openemr-5-0-2-patch-5-has-been-released/15431Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://community.sonarsource.com/t/openemr-5-0-2-1-command-injection-vulnerability-puts-health-records-at-risk/33592Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_PatchesPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://blog.sonarsource.com/openemr-5-0-2-1-command-injection-vulnerabilityExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://community.open-emr.org/t/openemr-5-0-2-patch-5-has-been-released/15431Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://community.sonarsource.com/t/openemr-5-0-2-1-command-injection-vulnerability-puts-health-records-at-risk/33592Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_PatchesPatch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.