CVE-2026-103938openemr cross-site request forgery
CVE-2026-103938 is a cross-site request forgery in openemr, rated high (7.1 on CVSS 3.1).
Why this priority: High severity, with no exploitation signal yet.
Published · Updated · NVD status: Analyzed
What it is
Another site can make a signed-in user's browser send a request the user never meant to send.
How it is reached
An attacker can exploit it over the network, without an account, but someone has to act first, such as opening a file or following a link.
What an attacker gains
A successful attack can change data or behaviour. In practice, this kind of flaw lets an attacker act inside a signed-in user's browser session.
Is it being exploited?
CISA's SSVC assessment notes a public proof of concept. EPSS estimates a 0.16% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 5% of scored CVEs.
What to do
- Upgrade openemr to 8.3.0 or later. The patch notes are linked below.
- Until it is patched, keep it off the internet or behind a VPN, allowlist or authenticating proxy.
- Warn the people who use it, and filter files and links on the way in.
Description from NVD
OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. Prior to 8.3.0, interface/patient_file/pos_checkout_ippf.php performs state-changing void, voidall, and regen operations through GET requests without CSRF token validation. The form_checksum integrity check is conditional and is skipped when the parameter is omitted, allowing a cross-site request to force an authenticated billing user to void checkouts or regenerate invoice counters. The resulting changes can alter ledger state, financial reporting, and audit records. This issue is fixed in version 8.3.0.
What this means for your architecture.
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Components it touches
- Web front ends and single-page apps. The flaw sits between a user's browser and the web application.
- Admin consoles served to a browser. The flaw sits between a user's browser and the web application.
Trust boundaries in play
- Internet-facing entry points. No account is needed. Any instance reachable from outside your perimeter, through a load balancer, gateway, VPN or exposed admin port, is in scope.
- People who open files and links. Mail, chat and browsers are the delivery path.
- Between a user's browser and the web application. An attacker who crosses it can act inside a signed-in user's browser session.
Questions to answer about your own systems
- Where does openemr run in your systems, and at which version?
- Which of those instances can be reached from the internet or partner networks?
- What can it reach once compromised: which data stores, secrets and services?
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Patches and commits
Exploits and proofs of concept
Sources
- CVE records and CVSS scores from the NVD CVE API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Exploitation status from CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
- Exploit likelihood from FIRST’s Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), refreshed daily.
- Explanations are written by Veriom from fixed templates over each record’s data, not by a person reviewing each CVE. Descriptions are quoted from the records as published.