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OpenEMR: Missing authorization in person-search AJAX leaks patient demographics (name, DOB, phone, email)

6.5MediumCNA
Exploited
No known exploitation
Fix
Fixed in 8.3.0
Who is exposed
Not reported

Do first: Upgrade to a fixed version: 8.3.0.

Published
Last modified
10/100 · provisional
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

OpenEMR, an electronic health records application, has a flaw in its person-search AJAX endpoint that lets a logged-in user with low privileges be reached over the network. That user can read patients' names, dates of birth, gender, phone numbers, and email addresses because the search does not check authorization.

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OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. Prior to 8.3.0, the search_persons action in library/ajax/person_search_ajax.php validates CSRF but does not perform an AclMain authorization check before searching the person and patient_data tables. A low-privilege authenticated user can iterate name prefixes and receive patient first and last names, dates of birth, gender, phone numbers, and email addresses in JSON responses. This issue is fixed in version 8.3.0.

cve.now Index

10Pcve.now Index 10 of 100 · methodology v3 · provisional
  • Exploitation?/40Unknown. No CISA SSVC exploitation rating yet
  • Exposure3/25Reachable over the network · Unknown: No advisory context yet
  • Reach?/20Unknown. No tracked technology or package matched
  • Severity6.5/10CVSS 6.5
  • No patch0/5No signal

What would change the score

  • Would score about 65 if added to CISA KEV
  • Would score about 60 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
  • Would score about 29 if advisories confirm default setups are exposed

What to do

  • Upgrade to a fixed version: 8.3.0.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. First seen by cve.now

Affected versions

  • openemr openemr

    fixed in 8.3.0

Evidence 4

  1. Advisory
  2. Repository
  3. Repository
  4. Repository

Corrections

None so far.

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Questions about CVE-2026-104134

Is CVE-2026-104134 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-104134?

openemr: before 8.3.0.Source: cve.now feed data

How do I fix CVE-2026-104134?

Upgrade to a fixed version: 8.3.0.Source: cve.now feed data