What is CVE-2023-2942?

CVE-2023-2942 is a high-severity vulnerability in Open-Emr Openemr, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2023-05-27.

How severe is CVE-2023-2942?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Open-Emr Openemr

CVE-2023-2942

Improper Input Validation in GitHub repository openemr/openemr prior to 7.0.1.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2023-05-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (54.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 54.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Open-Emr Openemr
Openemr Openemr/openemr — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

github.com/openemr/openemr/commit/c1c0805696ca68577c37bf30e29f90e5f3e0f1a9 (Patch)
huntr.dev/bounties/dd56e7a0-9dff-48fc-bc59-9a22d91869eb (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-2942?: CVE-2023-2942 is a high-severity vulnerability in Open-Emr Openemr, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2023-05-27.
How severe is CVE-2023-2942?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.