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CVE-2026-126461

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.03 BB Relevance: 64/100
Published: 2026-11-13 Modified: 2026-11-13 First seen: 2026-11-13 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Interaction Conf. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
AT: None
VC: High
VI: None
VA: None

Description

OpenEMR before 8.5.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in library/ajax/user_settings.php that lets any authenticated user persist arbitrary global configuration overrides. Attackers can POST global:-prefixed keys to re-point external service hosts like CouchDB, eRx, phiMail, or SMTP to attacker-controlled servers, exfiltrating system credentials and patient PHI.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (2)

VendorProductVersion
openemr openemr 0 < 8.5.0
openemr openemr 0 < 8.5.0

References & Advisories (2)

Bug Bounty Relevance

64 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

7.1 / 10.0 v4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.37%
Raw Score 0.003740
Percentile 31.9%
Date 2026-11-14

EPSS Trend

2026-11-14
0.00374
2026-11-13
0.00354

Intelligence Sources

mitre ref →
nvd ref →

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