High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 7, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-36243
CVE-2020-36243
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.
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Affected products
4- OpenEMR/OpenEMRdescription
- Range: = 5.0.2.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- community.open-emr.org/t/openemr-5-0-2-patch-5-has-been-released/15431nvdPatchRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- community.sonarsource.com/t/openemr-5-0-2-1-command-injection-vulnerability-puts-health-records-at-risk/33592nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_PatchesnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- blog.sonarsource.com/openemr-5-0-2-1-command-injection-vulnerabilitynvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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