CVE-2020-36243
The Patient Portal of OpenEMR 5.0.2.1 is affected by a Command Injection vulnerability in ...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-36243- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-36243- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-23787No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2020-23787- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vqv8-75fg-f6w9No score
The Patient Portal of OpenEMR 5.0.2.1 is affected by a Command Injection vulnerability in ...
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.
- Record
GHSA-vqv8-75fg-f6w9- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-36243- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-36243 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Open-emr Openemr, published February 7, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 64.1%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Patches
blog.sonarsource.com/openemr-5-0-2-1-command-injection-vulnerability
community.sonarsource.com/t/openemr-5-0-2-1-command-injection-vulnerability-puts-health-records-at-risk/33592
community.open-emr.org/t/openemr-5-0-2-patch-5-has-been-released/15431
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36243
github.com/advisories/GHSA-vqv8-75fg-f6w9