Medium
Security advisory
In OpenEMR 5.0.1 and earlier, controller.php contains a reflected XSS vulnerability in the patient_id parameter. This could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of a user's session.
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- CVEs
- CVE-2019-3963
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- 1 Nov 2026, 07:38 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In OpenEMR 5.0.1 and earlier, controller.php contains a reflected XSS vulnerability in the patient_id parameter. This could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of a user's session.
osv:CVE-2019-3963
Complete source record
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