Vulnerability record · CVE-2018-15152 · published 15 August 2018

CVE-2018-15152: Open-emr openemr improper authentication vulnerability

Open Emr · Openemr

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.

9.1 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 26% · top 2.1% CWE-287 · Improper authentication

9.1CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 6.4

26%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

12References, 6 tagged exploit

17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Openemr Open Emr

References

Link	Tags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163181/OpenEMR-5.0.1.3-Authentication-Bypass.html	ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://github.com/Hacker5preme/Exploits/tree/main/CVE-2018-15152-Exploit	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/openemr/openemr/pull/1758/files	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://insecurity.sh/reports/openemr.pdf	URL Repurposed
https://www.databreaches.net/openemr-patches-serious-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-project-insecurity/	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Patches	PatchRelease NotesVendor Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163181/OpenEMR-5.0.1.3-Authentication-Bypass.html	ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://github.com/Hacker5preme/Exploits/tree/main/CVE-2018-15152-Exploit	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/openemr/openemr/pull/1758/files	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://insecurity.sh/reports/openemr.pdf	URL Repurposed
https://www.databreaches.net/openemr-patches-serious-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-project-insecurity/	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Patches	PatchRelease NotesVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2018-15152), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.