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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-2948

CVE-2023-2948: 
OpenEMR vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was identified in GitHub repository openemr/openemr versions prior to 7.0.1, assigned CVE-2023-2948. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on May 28, 2023 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) issue with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.1 (MEDIUM) according to NVD assessment (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N). However, huntr.dev assessed it with a higher CVSS score of 8.3 (HIGH) with vector string CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow attackers to execute cross-site scripting attacks, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive information and manipulation of web content. The impact includes potential compromise of confidentiality and integrity of the affected system (NVD).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires network access and user interaction to be exploited. It has a low attack complexity, requiring no privileges for exploitation (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should upgrade to OpenEMR version 7.0.1 or later which contains the fix for this vulnerability. A patch has been made available in the OpenEMR repository (GitHub Patch).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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