Vulnerability identifier: #VU50095

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-13562

CWE-ID: CWE-79

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
OpenEMR
Client/Desktop applications / Other client software
phpGACL
Web applications / Other software

Vendor: OpenEMR
phpgacl.sourceforge

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via the "action" parameter in admin/acl_admin.php. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in 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.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

OpenEMR: 5.0.2 - 6.0.0

phpGACL: 3.3.7

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CPE

• cpe:2.3:a:openemr:openemr:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links
http://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1177

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?