A vulnerability has been found in OpenEMR up to 5.0.2 (Business Process Management Software) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the file library/custom_template/add_template.php. The manipulation of the argument list_id as part of a Parameter leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

XSS in library/custom_template/add_template.php in OpenEMR through 5.0.2 allows a malicious user to execute code in the context of a victim's browser via a crafted list_id query parameter.

The weakness was published 10/04/2019. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-17179 since 10/04/2019. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

By approaching the search of inurl:library/custom_template/add_template.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Similar entries are available at VDB-95385, VDB-97170, VDB-97173 and VDB-97751.

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• 5.0.0
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