Cross-site scripting in OpenEMR - CVE-2013-4620
Published: August 10, 2013 / Updated: July 20, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42673
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4620
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.
An input validation error exists in interface/main/onotes/office_comments_full.php in OpenEMR 4.1.1 when processing note parameter. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Affected software
OpenEMR
How to mitigate CVE-2013-4620
Install update from vendor's website.