CVE-2018-15152 — Authentication bypass vulnerability in portal/account/register
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) po
Published
2018-08-15T17:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-05T09:46:25.507Z
01What is this vulnerability?
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)…
02Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|
| n | a / n/a | n/a |
03Active exploitation status
Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.
04Recommended remediation
- Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
- Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
- Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.
05Technical details
For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.
06Detection signatures
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07Related CVEs
No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.
08Timeline
- Published: 2018-08-15T17:00:00.000Z
- Last modified: 2024-08-05T09:46:25.507Z
09References
- insecurity.sh — https://insecurity.sh/reports/openemr.pdf
- www.databreaches.net — https://www.databreaches.net/openemr-patches-serious-vulnerabilities-uncovered-b…
- github.com — https://github.com/openemr/openemr/pull/1758/files
- www.open-emr.org — https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Patches
- packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163181/OpenEMR-5.0.1.3-Authentication-Bypas…
- github.com — https://github.com/Hacker5preme/Exploits/tree/main/CVE-2018-15152-Exploit
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