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CVE-2026-126493VulnerabilityPublished

OpenEMR before 8.5.0 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows low-privileged patient portal

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-126493· Medium 4.8

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.8 Medium : upgrade to 8.5.0 when convenient.

Data as of 13 Nov 2026, 14:02 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
4.8Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (VulnCheck)CVSS 4.04.8
CNA (VulnCheck)CVSS 3.15.4
Patch
Available – fixed in 8.5.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 13 Nov 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 13 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade openemr to 8.5.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
openemropenemrAffected
  • <8.5.0
Fixed in
  • 8.5.0

AI-suggested

Until then, restrict patient portal user input where possible and educate providers about the risk of clicking untrusted delete buttons.

Description

OpenEMR versions before 8.5.0 have a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the onsiteportalactivity API. This flaw allows low-privileged patient portal users to inject JavaScript code via the tableArgs field. The injected script executes when providers click the delete button on the audit review page due to improper handling of an unquoted data-delete-id attribute.

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