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CVE-2026-21443
February 25, 2026
OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. Prior to version 8.0.0, the "xl()" translation function returns unescaped strings. While wrapper functions exist for escaping in different contexts ("xlt()" for HTML, "xla()" for attributes, "xlj()" for JavaScript), there are places in the codebase where "xl()" output is used directly without escaping. If an attacker could insert malicious content into the translation database, these unescaped outputs could lead to XSS. Version 8.0.0 fixes the issue.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/openemr/openemr.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v2_7_2-rc1 <v8_0_0
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v8_0_0
https://github.com/openemr/openemr.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v2_7_2-rc1 <v8_0_0
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v8_0_0
https://github.com/openemr/openemr.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v2_7_2-rc1 <v8_0_0
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v8_0_0
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
1.2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
LOW
Subsequent System Integrity
LOW
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
UNREPORTED
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.4
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
EPSS
Base Score:
0.11