{"id":"CVE-2020-36243","details":"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.","modified":"2026-03-15T22:36:09.209554Z","published":"2021-02-07T20:15:12.437Z","references":[{"type":"FIX","url":"https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Patches"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://community.open-emr.org/t/openemr-5-0-2-patch-5-has-been-released/15431"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://community.sonarsource.com/t/openemr-5-0-2-1-command-injection-vulnerability-puts-health-records-at-risk/33592"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://blog.sonarsource.com/openemr-5-0-2-1-command-injection-vulnerability"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/openemr/openemr","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"728f4bdd4f8c729944c5544589f81374cec7c4f4"}],"database_specific":{"versions":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"5.0.2.1"}]}}],"versions":["v2_7_2","v2_7_2-rc1","v2_7_2-rc2","v2_7_3-rc1","v2_8_0","v2_8_1","v2_8_2","v2_8_3","v2_9_0","v3_0_0","v3_0_1","v5_0_2","v5_0_2_1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-36243.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}