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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-2494
CVE-2022-2494:
OpenEMR vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was identified in GitHub repository openemr/openemr versions prior to 7.0.0. The vulnerability was discovered and reported on July 20, 2022, and was assigned the identifier CVE-2022-2494 (CVE Mitre).
Technical details
The vulnerability was found in the patient data handling functionality of OpenEMR. The issue specifically existed in the file 'portal/patient/scripts/app/patientdata.js' where user input was not properly escaped before being rendered in the HTML content (GitHub Commit).
Impact
This stored XSS vulnerability could potentially allow attackers to inject malicious scripts that would be executed in the context of other users' browsers when viewing affected pages in the OpenEMR system.
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability was patched in OpenEMR version 7.0.0. Users are advised to upgrade to this version or later to protect against this security issue. The fix implements proper escaping of user input using the _.escape() function (GitHub Commit).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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