CVE-2022-1178
Published: 30 March 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-1178 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Open-Emr Openemr. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 5.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2022-1178 is a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability (CWE-79) affecting the OpenEMR electronic health records platform in versions prior to 6.0.0.4. The flaw resides in the GitHub repository openemr/openemr and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 5.4, reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, and required low-privileged credentials combined with user interaction.
An authenticated user with limited privileges can inject persistent malicious scripts into the application. When other users view the affected content, the scripts execute in their browsers under the application's origin, enabling limited theft or manipulation of session data and page content due to the changed scope.
Public references point to a specific commit (347ad614507183035d188ba14427bc162419778c) that addresses the issue, indicating that upgrading to OpenEMR 6.0.0.4 or later is the primary mitigation. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.1366 with no material increase since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-24518
Vulnerability details
Stored Cross Site Scripting in GitHub repository openemr/openemr prior to 6.0.0.4.
- 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.