OpenEMR before 8.3.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the classic document controller that allows low-privilege authenticated users to recategorize other patients' documents. Attackers can invoke move_action_process to move a document into a patients|demo category, then retrieve it with an empty patient_id to exfiltrate PHI and tamper with charts.
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Sun, 08 Nov 2026 13:30:00 +0000
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| Description | OpenEMR before 8.3.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the classic document controller that allows low-privilege authenticated users to recategorize other patients' documents. Attackers can invoke move_action_process to move a document into a patients|demo category, then retrieve it with an empty patient_id to exfiltrate PHI and tamper with charts. | |
| Title | OpenEMR before 8.3.0 Missing Authorization in Classic Document Controller | |
| First Time appeared |
Open-emr
Open-emr openemr |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-862 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:open-emr:openemr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Open-emr
Open-emr openemr |
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cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-11-08T13:16:04.371Z
Reserved: 2026-11-08T02:21:16.290Z
Link: CVE-2026-124486
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-11-08T14:18:18.073
Modified: 2026-11-08T14:18:18.073
Link: CVE-2026-124486
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