CVE-2020-36243

Public Exploit

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.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 85.89% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory open-emr.org Vendor Advisory sonarsource.com Vendor Advisory open-emr.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Patches patch vendor advisory
https://blog.sonarsource.com/openemr-5-0-2-1-command-injection-vulnerability third party advisory exploit
https://community.sonarsource.com/t/openemr-5-0-2-1-command-injection-vulnerability-puts-health-records-at-risk/33592 patch vendor advisory
https://community.open-emr.org/t/openemr-5-0-2-patch-5-has-been-released/15431 patch vendor advisory release notes

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-36243?
CVE-2020-36243 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-36243?
To fix CVE-2020-36243, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-36243 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2020-36243 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~86% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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