OpenEMR before 8.3.0 Authorization Bypass via load_form.php High-Sensitivity Encounters
Only affects OpenEMR before 8.3.0 for encounters marked high sensitivity, where a clinician without the high-sensitivity permission can reach Clinical Notes and Care Plan forms. Fixed in 8.3.0.
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- Exploited
- No known exploitation
- Fix
- Fixed in 8.3.0
- Who is exposed
- Specific setups only
Do first: Check whether your setup matches what the bug needs. Target encounter is marked high sensitivity (form_encounter.sensitivity = high). Attacker's account lacks the sensitivities|high permission. Attacker's role has access to Clinical Notes / Care Plan form functionality.
- Last modified
- A 0-100 score for how much a CVE matters across the industry: exploitation, exposure, how widely the software is used, severity and whether a fix exists.What do these mean? →
- 17/100 · provisional
- How many real-world setups can hit the bug, from the vendor's advisory and CISA data. It does not know your setup.What do these mean? →
- Specific setups only
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
OpenEMR before 8.3.0 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows authenticated clinicians lacking high-sensitivity permission to read and modify encounter-bound forms via load_form.php. Attackers can request the Clinical Notes or Care Plan direct loader to obtain restricted content and a CSRF token, then submit save.php to tamper with clinical records.
cve.now Index
- Exploitation?/40Unknown. No CISA SSVC exploitation rating yet
- Exposure8/25Specific setups only, reachable over the network
- Reach?/20Unknown. No tracked technology or package matched
- Severity8.6/10CVSS 8.6
- No patch0/5No signal
What would change the score
- Would score about 67 if added to CISA KEV
- Would score about 62 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
- Would score about 24 if CISA's SSVC rates it automatable
What to do
Check whether your setup matches what the bug needs.
Target encounter is marked high sensitivity (form_encounter.sensitivity = high). Attacker's account lacks the sensitivities|high permission. Attacker's role has access to Clinical Notes / Care Plan form functionality.Upgrade to a fixed version: 8.3.0.
Timeline
- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
Affected versions
- openemr openemr
fixed in 8.3.0
Evidence 2
- Advisory
- Link
Corrections
None so far.
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Questions about CVE-2026-124488
Is CVE-2026-124488 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
What does this mean?
The direct form loader load_form.php does not enforce the high-sensitivity permission, so a clinician without that permission can read and modify Clinical Notes and Care Plan forms attached to a high-sensitivity encounter. The same path can also yield a valid CSRF token.Source: github.com, vulncheck.com
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-124488?
openemr: before 8.3.0.Source: cve.now feed data
Am I affected, and how do I check?
All OpenEMR versions before 8.3.0 are in the affected range. The bug requires an encounter marked high sensitivity and an account whose role can access Clinical Notes or Care Plan forms but lacks the sensitivities|high permission. Compare the installed version against 8.3.0 to see whether a given installation falls in the range.Source: github.com, vulncheck.com
How do I fix CVE-2026-124488?
Upgrade to OpenEMR 8.3.0 or later, which contains the fix.Source: github.com, vulncheck.com