Vulnerability record/PUBLISHED/Published Nov 8, 2026 13:15:43 UTC

CVE-2026-124453

OpenEMR before 8.3.0 contains an insecure direct object reference vulnerability in portal/lib/persist.php that allows authenticated portal patients to write settings for other patients. Attackers can modify the setting_patient parameter in a JSON POST request to another patient's PID, altering that patient's portal settings such as the portal theme.

Base score7.1/ 10

SeverityHighCVSS 4.0

Exploitability / impact

CVSS metric breakdown

Vector-derived attributes

Base severityHigh

Attack vectorNetworkAV

Attack complexityLowAC

Attack requirementsNoneAT

Privileges requiredLowPR

User interactionNoneUI

Vulnerable system confidentialityLowVC

Vulnerable system integrityHighVI

Vulnerable system availabilityNoneVA

Subsequent system confidentialityNoneSC

Subsequent system integrityNoneSI

Subsequent system availabilityNoneSA

CVSS vector stringCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Last updatedNov 13, 2026 03:22:30 UTC

PublishedNov 8, 2026 13:15:43 UTC

ReservedNov 8, 2026 02:14:31 UTC

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