OpenEMR before 8.5.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the FaxSMS module's utility.php that allows read-only demographics users to create patient charts. Attackers can submit the form_create request with chosen identity fields to create fictitious or duplicate patients with employer, history, and insurance records.
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