What is CVE-2019-16862?

CVE-2019-16862 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Open-Emr Openemr, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-10-21.

How severe is CVE-2019-16862?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-16862 known to be exploited?

4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Open-Emr Openemr

CVE-2019-16862

Reflected XSS in interface/forms/eye_mag/view.php in OpenEMR 5.x before 5.0.2.1 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of a user's session via the pid parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.015 (71.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Open-emr Openemr
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16862?: CVE-2019-16862 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Open-Emr Openemr, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-10-21.
How severe is CVE-2019-16862?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-16862 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.