Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XSummary
CVE-2025-30161 is a high-severity Basic XSS (CWE-80) vulnerability in Open-Emr Openemr. Its CVSS base score is 8.4 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Content Injection (T1659); ranked in the top 5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. CVE-2025-30161 is a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability (CWE-80) in the Bronchitis form component that permits an authenticated user with form-editing rights to inject persistent scripts. The flaw resides in the view.php handling of bronchitis form data and carries a CVSS 4.0 score of 8.4.
An attacker able to edit a bronchitis form can store malicious JavaScript that executes in the browser of any administrator who later views the record, enabling theft of administrator credentials and subsequent account takeover. No special network position or user interaction beyond normal form viewing is required once the payload is persisted.
The vulnerability is fixed in OpenEMR 7.0.3, as stated in the project’s GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-59rv-645x-rg6p and the corresponding code changes that neutralize the unsanitized output.
The EPSS probability rose from a low baseline to a peak of 0.1372 on 2026-05-12 before receding to the current value of 0.0688, indicating that exploitation interest emerged after public disclosure.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-8840
Vulnerability Data
OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. A stored XSS vulnerability in the Bronchitis form component of OpenEMR allows anyone who is able to edit a bronchitis form to steal credentials from…
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administrators. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.0.3.
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and evaluation can discover missing or incorrect neutralization of script tags through targeted XSS test cases.
Input validation explicitly requires checking and neutralizing untrusted web inputs containing script-related characters before they reach a downstream renderer.
Secure engineering principles include mandatory output encoding and neutralization of HTML metacharacters to stop injection at the source.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices directly require output encoding and input validation that prevent basic XSS.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing in development catches unneutralized script tags before release.
Secure SDLC mandates input validation and output encoding that directly prevent basic XSS.
Application security requirements explicitly call for neutralization of script-related HTML tags.
Secure coding standards require proper escaping of <, >, & to block XSS.
Web filtering can block some reflected XSS payloads at the network edge.