OpenEMR up to 8.4.x Search Endpoint auto-suggest.phtml searchEleNo cross site scripting
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in OpenEMR up to 8.4.x. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file auto-suggest.phtml of the component Search Endpoint. Executing a manipulation of the argument searchEleNo can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-126475. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability was found in OpenEMR up to 8.4.x. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the file auto-suggest.phtml of the component Search Endpoint. The manipulation of the argument searchEleNo with an unknown input 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:
OpenEMR before 8.5.0 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to execute JavaScript by injecting payloads into the searchEleNo POST parameter of the application/index/search endpoint. Attackers can break out of unencoded HTML attributes in auto-suggest.phtml to inject event handlers that fire on DOM insertion, stealing non-HttpOnly session cookies and patient data.
The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-126475 since 11/10/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. 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.
Upgrading to version 8.5.0 eliminates this vulnerability.
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Product
Type
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Website
- Product: https://github.com/openemr/openemr/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7
VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CNA Base Score: 6.1
CNA Vector (VulnCheck): 🔒
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔒
Upgrade: OpenEMR 8.5.0
Timeline
11/10/2026 CVE reserved11/13/2026 Advisory disclosed
11/13/2026 VulDB entry created
11/13/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Product: github.comAdvisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed
CNA: VulnCheck
CVE: CVE-2026-126475 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-126475
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-436876
Entry
Created: 11/13/2026 11:51Changes: 11/13/2026 11:51 (78)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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