What is CVE-2019-3968?

CVE-2019-3968 is a high-severity vulnerability in Open-Emr Openemr, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-08-20.

How severe is CVE-2019-3968?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

RCE in Open-Emr Openemr

CVE-2019-3968

In OpenEMR 5.0.1 and earlier, an authenticated attacker can execute arbitrary commands on the host system via the Scanned Forms interface when creating a new form.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2019-08-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.096 (95.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.096 · newest: 0.096 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Open-Emr Openemr
Openemr — versions 5.0.1 and earlier

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2019-40 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-3968?: CVE-2019-3968 is a high-severity vulnerability in Open-Emr Openemr, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-08-20.
How severe is CVE-2019-3968?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.