Medium severity · published Mar 22, 2021
CVE-2021-25917
In OpenEMR, versions 5.0.2 to 6.0.0 are vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) due to user input not being validated properly and rendered in the U2F USB Device…
4.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In OpenEMR, versions 5.0.2 to 6.0.0 are vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) due to user input not being validated properly and rendered in the U2F USB Device authentication method page. A highly privileged attacker could inject arbitrary code into input fields when creating a new user.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 50% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
Openemr · Open-emr
5.0.2 through 6.0.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25917
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-25917
Patch
https://github.com/openemr/openemr/commit/0fadc3e592d84bc9dfe9e0403f8bd6e3c7d8427f
Third Party Advisory
https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25917
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