Vulnerability record
CVE-2026-126486
The short answer
CVE-2026-126486 affects openemr openemr and is rated high (CVSS 7.2). It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
What it is
OpenEMR before 8.5.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in portal/import_template.php, where several portal document template modes lack admin/forms ACL and CSRF checks. Any authenticated staff user can send mode=save_profiles to delete all template profile assignments, use other unguarded modes to push templates to patients or change categories, and read template bodies via mode=get or getPdf.
Weakness: CWE-862.
Severity
7.2 high
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Exploited (CISA KEV)
Not listed
CISA lists confirmed exploitation only
EPSS, next 30 days
No score
FIRST scores CVEs within a day of publication
How it can be exploited
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Confidentiality impact
- Low
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- Low
Affected products
openemr. NVD's record lists the exact affected versions.
References
Questions
Is CVE-2026-126486 being exploited?
It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as of 2026-11-13.
How do I fix CVE-2026-126486?
Follow the vendor advisory in the references below. NVD lists the affected versions under its configurations.
From NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS and OSV.dev, checked . Status on NVD: Awaiting Analysis. The description is NVD's text, quoted as published.
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