CVE-2018-15152

CRITICAL

OpenEMR < 5.0.1.4 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass via Patient Portal Registration

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2018-15152. PoCs published by Ron Jost.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates an authentication bypass vulnerability in OpenEMR by leveraging the registration page to access restricted patient portal pages without authentication. It checks for vulnerability by verifying the presence of the registration page and then crafts a request to access protected resources.

Description

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) portal/get_problems.php, (9) portal/get_profile.php, (10) portal/portal_payment.php, (11) portal/messaging/messages.php, (12) portal/messaging/secure_chat.php, (13) portal/report/pat_ledger.php, (14) portal/report/portal_custom_report.php, or (15) portal/report/portal_patient_report.php without authenticating as a patient.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Ron Jost · pythonwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50017

This exploit demonstrates an authentication bypass vulnerability in OpenEMR by leveraging the registration page to access restricted patient portal pages without authentication. It checks for vulnerability by verifying the presence of the registration page and then crafts a request to access protected resources.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: OpenEMR versions prior to 5.0.1.4
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Registration portal must be enabled · Target URL and path to restricted resource must be known
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
URL Repurposed x_refsource_misc
https://insecurity.sh/reports/openemr.pdf
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/openemr/openemr/pull/1758/files
Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Patches
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163181/OpenEMR-5.0.1.3-Authentication-Bypass.html

Scores

CVSS v3 9.1
EPSS 0.2594
EPSS Percentile 97.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-287
Status published
Products (1)
open-emr/openemr < 5.0.1.4
Published Aug 15, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026