CVE-2018-15152

critical

Description

Authentication bypass vulnerability in portal/account/register.php in versions of OpenEMR before 5.0.1.4 allows a remote attacker to access (1) portal/add_edit_event_user.php, (2) portal/find_appt_popup_user.php, (3) portal/get_allergies.php, (4) portal/get_amendments.php, (5) portal/get_lab_results.php, (6) portal/get_medications.php, (7) portal/get_patient_documents.php, (8) portal/get_problems.php, (9) portal/get_profile.php, (10) portal/portal_payment.php, (11) portal/messaging/messages.php, (12) portal/messaging/secure_chat.php, (13) portal/report/pat_ledger.php, (14) portal/report/portal_custom_report.php, or (15) portal/report/portal_patient_report.php without authenticating as a patient.

References

https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Patches

https://www.databreaches.net/openemr-patches-serious-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-project-insecurity/

https://insecurity.sh/reports/openemr.pdf

https://github.com/openemr/openemr/pull/1758/files

https://github.com/Hacker5preme/Exploits/tree/main/CVE-2018-15152-Exploit

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163181/OpenEMR-5.0.1.3-Authentication-Bypass.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-08-15

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.25935