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CVE-2026-21443
OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. Prior to version 8.0.0, the `xl()` translation function returns unescaped strings. While wrapper functions exist for escaping in different contexts (`xlt()` for HTML, `xla()` for attributes, `xlj()` for JavaScript), there are places in the codebase where `xl()` output is used directly without escaping. If an attacker could insert malicious content into the translation database, these unescape
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"openemr","vendor":"openemr","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 8.0.0"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:afb56258801009d341f281a0c5b7792bdb1bd22cc629256cdf4d89c0fc469c61 · sha256:31d7e1ef5bf9e26e… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":1.2,"baseSeverity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"LOW","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"LOW","subIntegrityImpact":"LOW","userInteraction":"PASSIVE","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","vulnIntegrityImpact":"NONE"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:afb56258801009d341f281a0c5b7792bdb1bd22cc629256cdf4d89c0fc469c61 · sha256:31d7e1ef5bf9e26e… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-116","description":"CWE-116: Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:afb56258801009d341f281a0c5b7792bdb1bd22cc629256cdf4d89c0fc469c61 · sha256:31d7e1ef5bf9e26e… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
2 source assertions{"name":"https://github.com/openemr/openemr/commit/b1e3fe8a9ed8bcaf17e0b73d7fad5434f9fe36da","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/openemr/openemr/commit/b1e3fe8a9ed8bcaf17e0b73d7fad5434f9fe36da"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:afb56258801009d341f281a0c5b7792bdb1bd22cc629256cdf4d89c0fc469c61 · sha256:31d7e1ef5bf9e26e… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"https://github.com/openemr/openemr/security/advisories/GHSA-3f9j-cqjj-7h46","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/openemr/openemr/security/advisories/GHSA-3f9j-cqjj-7h46"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:afb56258801009d341f281a0c5b7792bdb1bd22cc629256cdf4d89c0fc469c61 · sha256:31d7e1ef5bf9e26e… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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