CVE-2026-126464

OpenEMR before 8.5.0 SSRF via Patient Portal PDF Generation

Published Nov 13, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

OpenEMR before 8.5.0 contains a server-side request forgery vulnerability in PatientPortalPDFDocumentCreator::createPdfObject() that allows authenticated patients to make the server issue HTTP GET requests. Attackers can submit img src, inline style url(), or reinserted unpurified style blocks via the content parameter of portal/lib/doc_lib.php to probe internal ports and cloud metadata endpoints.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

openemr

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 8.5.0
`8.5.0`	unaffected	—

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

Advisories

No advisories available

Metrics

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact Low

Subsequent System Integrity Impact Low

Subsequent System Availability Impact Low

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.264% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/openemr/openemr/security/advisories/GHSA-wc8m-q5xj-j34x
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openemr-before-8.5.0-ssrf-via-patient-portal-pdf-generation

History

Nov 13, 2026 9:45 AM Description updated. Title updated. First appearance in the feed. Weaknesses updated. Affected versions updated. Affected vendors updated. Added references. Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		OpenEMR before 8.5.0 contains a server-side request forgery vulnerability in PatientPortalPDFDocumentCreator::createPdfObject() that allows authenticated patients to make the server issue HTTP GET requests. Attackers can submit img src, inline style url(), or reinserted unpurified style blocks via the content parameter of portal/lib/doc_lib.php to probe internal ports and cloud metadata endpoints.
Title		OpenEMR before 8.5.0 SSRF via Patient Portal PDF Generation
First Time appeared		Open-emr Open-emr openemr
Weaknesses		CWE-918
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:open-emr:openemr::::::::
Vendors & Products		Open-emr Open-emr openemr
References		https://github.com/openemr/openemr/security/advisories/GHSA-wc8m-q5xj-j34x https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openemr-before-8.5.0-ssrf-via-patient-portal-pdf-generation
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}` cvssV4_0 `{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L'}`