OpenEMR up to 8.2.x QRDA Report Download custom/ajax_download.php report_id cross-site request forgery

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in OpenEMR up to 8.2.x. This affects an unknown function of the file custom/ajax_download.php of the component QRDA Report Download. The manipulation of the argument report_id results in cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-104138. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in OpenEMR up to 8.2.x. Affected is an unknown functionality of the file custom/ajax_download.php of the component QRDA Report Download. The manipulation of the argument report_id with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. Prior to 8.3.0, custom/ajax_download.php, custom/download_qrda.php, custom/export_qrda_xml.php, and custom/qrda_download.php validate CSRF but do not enforce the patients/med ACL used by the canonical CQM report page. The endpoints also accept an unscoped report_id, allowing a low-privilege authenticated user to reach report generation and download logic for other reports. In a clinic with generated CQM reports, this can expose QRDA Category One and Category Three clinical documents for patients in a measure. This issue is fixed in version 8.3.0.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-104138 since 10/01/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

By approaching the search of inurl:custom/ajax_download.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 8.3.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Business Process Management Software

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• OpenEMR

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• 8.0
• 8.1
• 8.2

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• open-source

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• Product: https://github.com/openemr/openemr/

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