OpenEMR up to 7.0.3.1 cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in OpenEMR. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-43860. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in OpenEMR. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in versions prior to 7.0.3.4 allows any authenticated user with patient creation and editing privileges to inject arbitrary JavaScript code into the system by entering malicious payloads in the (1) Text Box fields of Address, Address Line 2, Postal Code and City fields and (2) Drop Down menu options of Address Use, State and Country of the Additional Addresses section of the Contact tab in Patient Demographics. The injected script can execute in two scenarios: (1) dynamically during form input, and (2) when the form data is later loaded for editing. Version 7.0.3.4 contains a patch for the issue.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-43860 since 04/17/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 7.0.3.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Business Process Management Software

Name

• OpenEMR

Version

• 2.8.1
• 2.8.2
• 3.1.0
• 3.2
• 3.2.0
• 4.0.0
• 4.1.0
• 4.1.1
• 5.0.0
• 5.0.0 Patch 1
• 5.0.1
• 5.0.1-6
• 5.0.1-dev
• 5.0.1.1
• 5.0.1.3
• 5.0.1.4
• 5.0.2
• 5.0.2.1
• 5.0.2.4
• 5.0.2.5
• 6.0.0
• 6.0.0-dev
• 6.0.0.0
• 6.0.0.2
• 6.0.0.4
• 6.1.0
• 6.1.0.1
• 7.0.0
• 7.0.0.1
• 7.0.0.2
• 7.0.1
• 7.0.2
• 7.0.2.1
• 7.0.3
• 7.0.3.1

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/openemr/openemr/

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