CVE-2021-25921 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In OpenEMR, versions 2.7.3-rc1 to 6.0.0 are vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) due to user input not being validated properly in the `Allergies` section. An attacker could lure an admin to enter a malicious payload and by that initiate the exploit.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.57066.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

openemr

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2.7.3-rc1, 2.8.0, 2.8.1, 2.8.2, 2.8.3, 2.9.0, 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.1.0, 3.2.0, 4.0.0, 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.2.3, 4.1.2.6, 4.1.2.7, 4.2.0, 4.2.0.3, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 5.0.0, 5.0.0.5, 5.0.0.6, 5.0.1, 5.0.1.1, 5.0.1.2, 5.0.1.3, 5.0.1.4, 5.0.1.5, 5.0.1.6, 5.0.1.7, 5.0.2, 5.0.2.1, 5.0.2.2, 5.0.2.3, 5.0.2.4, 6.0.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:open-emr:openemr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data.

Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Open-emr Subscribe	Openemr Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/openemr/openemr/commit/0fadc3e592d84bc9dfe9e0403f8bd6e3c7d8427f
https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25921

History

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Mend

Published: 2021-03-22T19:26:23.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-30T17:35:06.072Z

Reserved: 2021-01-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-25921

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T20:11:28.489Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-03-22T20:15:17.943

Modified: 2025-04-30T18:15:34.377

Link: CVE-2021-25921

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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