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CVE-2026-40509

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.3 Published: 2026-08-19 Modified: 2026-08-19

Description

OpenEMR before 8.3.0 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability in the DICOM viewer. The web_path GET parameter in the DICOM viewer page is embedded unsanitized as a URL without validation against expected path formats. An attacker can craft a URL that causes an authenticated user with Patients - Documents permissions to make authenticated requests to arbitrary OpenEMR endpoints, enabling forced logout and other state-changing actions.

Affected Platforms

Unknown

Weakness Type

CWE-352

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