CVE-2023-2948

published 2023-05-28

CVE-2023-2948: Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Generic in GitHub repository openemr/openemr prior to 7.0.1.

Priority P3 56 medium 6.1 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR N UI R S C C L I L A N

EXPLOIT

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Generic in GitHub repository openemr/openemr prior to 7.0.1.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
open-emr	openemr	< 7.0.1	7.0.1
openemr	openemr_openemr	>= unspecified < 7.0.1	7.0.1

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

sigma

title: CVE-2023-2948 OpenEMR XSS
logsource:
  product: webserver
detection:
  keywords:
    - "openemr"
    - ")')"
condition: and

• → CVE-2023-2948 is a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in OpenEMR versions prior to 7.0.1. Monitor web application logs for XSS payloads targeting OpenEMR endpoints. ↗
• → The XSS payload pattern includes a closing parenthesis and single-quote sequence (")')") characteristic of breaking out of JavaScript string/function contexts in OpenEMR.

• · The Sigma rule fragment and digest provided in the source are incomplete/truncated; the full detection rule logic and affected parameter/endpoint are not specified in the available documentation.
• · The vulnerability affects OpenEMR versions prior to 7.0.1 only; patched installations (7.0.1+) are not affected. ↗

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 6.1 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

nvd v3.0 8.3 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

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