What is CVE-2022-1179?

CVE-2022-1179 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Open-Emr Openemr, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-03-30.

How severe is CVE-2022-1179?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-1179 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Open-Emr Openemr

CVE-2022-1179

Non-Privilege User Can Created New Rule and Lead to Stored Cross Site Scripting in GitHub repository openemr/openemr prior to 6.0.0.4.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-03-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.769 (99.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-29.

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.769 · newest: 0.769 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Open-Emr Openemr
Openemr Openemr/openemr — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

zn9988/publications

References

github.com/openemr/openemr/commit/347ad614507183035d188ba14427bc162419778c (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
huntr.dev/bounties/8025e31f-7dcf-4db9-ab07-06c1e055ab42 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-1179?: CVE-2022-1179 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Open-Emr Openemr, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-03-30.
How severe is CVE-2022-1179?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-1179 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.