PT-2021-16852 · Openemr · Openemr

Published 2021-03-22 · Updated 2021-03-24 · CVE-2021-25922

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenEMR versions 4.2.0 through 6.0.0

Description The issue is related to Reflected Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) due to improper validation of user input. An attacker could trick a user into clicking on a malicious URL, resulting in the execution of malicious code.

Recommendations For versions 4.2.0 through 6.0.0, consider validating user input properly to prevent Reflected Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) attacks. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to potentially vulnerable API endpoints until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-25922

Affected Products

Openemr

References · 7

• https://github.com/openemr/openemr/commit/0fadc3e592d84bc9dfe9e0403f8bd6e3c7d8427f · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25922 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-25922 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/11888 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/11722 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/25261 · Telegram Post
• https://whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25922 · Note