CVE-2026-24847: OpenEMR has Open Redirect in Eye Exam Form

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2026-02-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-601

Description

OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. Prior to version 8.0.0, the Eye Exam form module allows any authenticated user to be redirected to an arbitrary external URL. This can be exploited for phishing attacks against healthcare providers using OpenEMR. Version 8.0.0 fixes the issue.

Affected products

openemr: before 8.0.0 — fixed in 8.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: openemr 8.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/openemr/openemr/commit/b924459bb5b2844f8f5d3d6cedd2e854eda20aad
https://github.com/openemr/openemr/security/advisories/GHSA-6f42-6q2r-fc2h

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