OpenEMR before 8.5.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the esign_form_submit handler of library/ESign/Form/Controller.php that verifies only the caller's password, not access to the patient, encounter, or form type. Authenticated core users can supply arbitrary formId, formDir, and encounterId values to sign and lock any patient's clinical form, creating unauthorized approval records and blocking normal editing.
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Fri, 13 Nov 2026 09:45:00 +0000
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| Description | OpenEMR before 8.5.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the esign_form_submit handler of library/ESign/Form/Controller.php that verifies only the caller's password, not access to the patient, encounter, or form type. Authenticated core users can supply arbitrary formId, formDir, and encounterId values to sign and lock any patient's clinical form, creating unauthorized approval records and blocking normal editing. | |
| Title | OpenEMR before 8.5.0 Missing Authorization in E-Sign Form Submission | |
| First Time appeared |
Open-emr
Open-emr openemr |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-862 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:open-emr:openemr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Open-emr
Open-emr openemr |
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cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-11-13T15:55:51.950Z
Reserved: 2026-11-10T21:36:07.090Z
Link: CVE-2026-126419
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-11-13T10:17:47.670
Modified: 2026-11-13T16:18:26.487
Link: CVE-2026-126419
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