CVE-2021-4289
Published: 27 December 2022
Summary
CVE-2021-4289 is a low-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Openmrs Reference Application. Its CVSS base score is 3.5 (Low).
Operationally, ranked in the top 24.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-34126
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in OpenMRS openmrs-module-referenceapplication up to 2.11.x. Affected by this vulnerability is the function post of the file omod/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/referenceapplication/page/controller/UserAppPageController.java of the component User App Page. The manipulation of the argument AppId leads to cross…
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site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 2.12.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 0410c091d46eed3c132fe0fcafe5964182659f74. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216883.
- 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.