OpenEMR before 8.5.0 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Application module's auto-suggest endpoint, which echoes the searchMode POST parameter unencoded into a single-quoted onClick attribute. Attackers can induce an authenticated user to submit a single-quote payload to application/index/search, executing arbitrary JavaScript in that user's session to steal session cookies or disclose patient data.
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Fri, 13 Nov 2026 09:45:00 +0000
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| Description | OpenEMR before 8.5.0 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Application module's auto-suggest endpoint, which echoes the searchMode POST parameter unencoded into a single-quoted onClick attribute. Attackers can induce an authenticated user to submit a single-quote payload to application/index/search, executing arbitrary JavaScript in that user's session to steal session cookies or disclose patient data. | |
| Title | OpenEMR before 8.5.0 Reflected XSS via auto-suggest searchMode parameter | |
| First Time appeared |
Open-emr
Open-emr openemr |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-79 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:open-emr:openemr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Open-emr
Open-emr openemr |
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cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-11-13T09:34:56.473Z
Reserved: 2026-11-10T21:42:24.800Z
Link: CVE-2026-126476
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-11-13T10:17:57.080
Modified: 2026-11-13T10:17:57.197
Link: CVE-2026-126476
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