CVE-2021-25919 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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. A highly privileged attacker could inject arbitrary code into input fields when creating a new user.

Published: 2021-03-22

Score: 4.8 Medium

EPSS: 32.5% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

openemr

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`5.0.2, 5.0.2.1, 5.0.2.2, 5.0.2.3, 5.0.2.4, 6.0.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:open-emr:openemr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.32457.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/openemr/openemr/commit/0fadc3e592d84bc9dfe9e0403f8bd6e3c7d8427f
https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25919

History

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Open-emr Openemr

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Mend

Published: 2021-03-22T19:22:49.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-30T17:35:12.194Z

Reserved: 2021-01-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-25919

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T20:11:28.466Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-03-22T20:15:17.817

Modified: 2025-04-30T18:15:34.040

Link: CVE-2021-25919

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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