{"id":"CVE-2020-36243","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-36243","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T01:44:06.888Z","title":"The Patient Portal of OpenEMR 5.0.2.1 is affected by a Command Injection vulnerability in /interface/main/backup.php.","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.","published":"2021-02-07T20:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:15:12.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":["open-emr/openemr"],"epss":{"score":0.64144,"percentile":0.99231,"date":"2026-11-03","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://blog.sonarsource.com/openemr-5-0-2-1-command-injection-vulnerability","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://community.open-emr.org/t/openemr-5-0-2-patch-5-has-been-released/15431","tags":["Patch","Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://community.sonarsource.com/t/openemr-5-0-2-1-command-injection-vulnerability-puts-health-records-at-risk/33592","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Patches","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://blog.sonarsource.com/openemr-5-0-2-1-command-injection-vulnerability","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://community.open-emr.org/t/openemr-5-0-2-patch-5-has-been-released/15431","tags":["Patch","Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://community.sonarsource.com/t/openemr-5-0-2-1-command-injection-vulnerability-puts-health-records-at-risk/33592","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Patches","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36243","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}