Cross-patient record access via trusted form_pid
Published May 27, 2023 · Updated Jan 14, 2025
Improper input validation in OpenEMR before 7.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to alter other patients' appointment records. The patient portal's add_edit_event_user.php trusts submitted form_pid values when creating appointments and notes instead of binding writes to the patient ID in the active session. A patient portal account is required, and exploitation can disclose or modify another patient's scheduling and note data without interrupting service.
Summary
What happened
Improper input validation in OpenEMR before 7.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to alter other patients' appointment records. The patient portal's add_edit_event_user.php trusts submitted form_pid values when creating appointments and notes instead of binding writes to the patient ID in the active session. A patient portal account is required, and exploitation can disclose or modify another patient's scheduling and note data without interrupting service.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-2942
- Published
- May 27, 2023
- Updated
- Jan 14, 2025
- Vendor
- OpenEMR Foundation
- Product
- OpenEMR
- Classifications
- CWE-20, T1565.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 27, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 14, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <7.0.1
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Public exploit references
- Huntr CVE-2023-2942 proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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