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CVE-2021-25923

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-06-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-521

Description

In OpenEMR, versions 5.0.0 to 6.0.0.1 are vulnerable to weak password requirements as it does not enforce a maximum password length limit. If a malicious user is aware of the first 72 characters of the victim user’s password, he can leverage it to an account takeover.

Affected products

• openemr: from 5.0.0 through 6.0.0.1

References

• https://github.com/openemr/openemr/commit/28ca5c008d4a408b60001a67dfd3e0915f9181e0
• https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25923
• https://github.com/openemr/openemr/commit/28ca5c008d4a408b60001a67dfd3e0915f9181e0
• https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25923

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