CVE-2021-25922
Published: 22 March 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-25922 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Open-Emr Openemr. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 17.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-12788
Vulnerability details
In OpenEMR, versions 4.2.0 to 6.0.0 are vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) due to user input not being validated properly. An attacker could trick a user to click on a malicious url and execute malicious code.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.