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.

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Description 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.
Title OpenEMR before 8.5.0 Reflected XSS via searchEleNo in Auto-Suggest Endpoint
First Time appeared Open-emr
Open-emr openemr
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:open-emr:openemr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Open-emr
Open-emr openemr
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-13T09:34:57.138Z

Reserved: 2026-11-10T21:42:24.800Z

Link: CVE-2026-126475

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-11-13T10:17:56.913

Modified: 2026-11-13T10:17:57.033

Link: CVE-2026-126475

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