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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-3964

In OpenEMR 5.0.1 and earlier, controller.php contains a reflected XSS vulnerability in the doc_id parameter. This could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of a user's session.

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CVE-2019-3964

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Aug 2019, 18:15 UTC

In OpenEMR 5.0.1 and earlier, controller.php contains a reflected XSS vulnerability in the doc_id parameter. This could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of a user's session.

osv:CVE-2019-3964
Complete source record
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  "published_at": "2019-08-20T18:15:11.827+00:00"
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