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CVE-2021-25920

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-03-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-178

Description

In OpenEMR, versions v2.7.2-rc1 to 6.0.0 are vulnerable to Improper Access Control when creating a new user, which leads to a malicious user able to read and send sensitive messages on behalf of the victim user.

Affected products

• openemr: from 2.7.2 through 6.0.0

References

• https://github.com/openemr/openemr/commit/0fadc3e592d84bc9dfe9e0403f8bd6e3c7d8427f
• https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25920
• https://github.com/openemr/openemr/commit/0fadc3e592d84bc9dfe9e0403f8bd6e3c7d8427f
• https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25920

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