CVE-2021-25917 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In OpenEMR, versions 5.0.2 to 6.0.0 are vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) due to user input not being validated properly and rendered in the U2F USB Device authentication method page. A highly privileged attacker could inject arbitrary code into input fields when creating a new user.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02795.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Open-emr Subscribe	Openemr Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:open-emr:openemr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-12783	In OpenEMR, versions 5.0.2 to 6.0.0 are vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) due to user input not being validated properly and rendered in the U2F USB Device authentication method page. A highly privileged attacker could inject arbitrary code into input fields when creating a new user.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/openemr/openemr/commit/0fadc3e592d84bc9dfe9e0403f8bd6e3c7d8427f
https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25917

History

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Mend

Published: 2021-03-22T19:36:10.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-30T17:34:51.053Z

Reserved: 2021-01-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-25917

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T20:11:28.474Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-03-22T20:15:17.693

Modified: 2025-04-30T18:15:33.690

Link: CVE-2021-25917

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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