CVE-2026-124489 json
OpenEMR before 8.3.0 Broken Access Control via portal_payment.php
published 2mo ago modified yesterday also EUVD-2026-119544 , GHSA-j2cx-3p5q-ppx5
Unreviewed: the maintainers' own advisory
Published by the maintainers on their GitHub repository openemr/openemr. GitHub has not reviewed it into the GitHub Advisory Database, so the affected packages and versions are the maintainers' word. Read the full advisory on GitHub.
- cvss
- 7.1
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 7%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
OpenEMR before 8.3.0 contains a broken access control vulnerability in portal/portal_payment.php that allows low-privilege authenticated users to bypass billing ACL checks by tampering patient identifiers. Attackers can modify the pid and form_pid parameters to view payment pages and record fraudulent payment receipts for arbitrary patients, corrupting billing records.
Patch / fix
- openemr openemr 8.3.0
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0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 7.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N |
| CNA | 4.0 | 7.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N |
Affected products
- openemr openemr
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
References
-
github.com
/openemr/openemr/security/advisories/GHSA-j2cx-3p5q-ppx5
vendor-advisory, advisory
-
vulncheck.com
/advisories/openemr-before-8.3.0-broken-access-control-via-portal-payment-php
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-124489
- NVD CVE-2026-124489
- Maintainer advisory GHSA-j2cx-3p5q-ppx5
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