Vulnerability in Patient Portal of OpenEMR (CVE-2021-32101)
Summary
Vulnerability in Patient Portal of OpenEMR (CVE-2021-32101). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
The Patient Portal of OpenEMR 5.0.2.1 is affected by a incorrect access control system in portal/patient/_machine_config.php. To exploit the vulnerability, an unauthenticated attacker can register an account, bypassing the permission check of this portal's API. Then, the attacker can then manipulate and read data of every registered patient.
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-32101 has been found in Patient Portal of OpenEMR.
Confidential information can be exposed externally.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Patient Portal of OpenEMR CVE-2021-32101" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2021-32101 (Patient Portal of OpenEMR)
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Patient Portal of OpenEMR.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Patient Portal of OpenEMR.
Severity: ?. Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Patient Portal of OpenEMR を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory blog.sonarsource.com
- advisory community.open-emr.org
- advisory community.sonarsource.com
- advisory portswigger.net