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.
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Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:45:00 +0000
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| 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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ssvc
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Openemr
Openemr openemr |
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Openemr
Openemr openemr |
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | OpenEMR allows inconsistent escaping of translation function output | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-116 | |
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cvssV4_0
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2026-02-25T01:23:22.052Z
Updated: 2026-02-25T21:15:31.995Z
Reserved: 2025-12-29T03:00:29.276Z
Link: CVE-2026-21443
Updated: 2026-02-25T21:15:14.616Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2026-02-25T02:16:21.863
Modified: 2026-02-26T15:34:11.743
Link: CVE-2026-21443
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