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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-1000218

OpenEMR version v5_0_1_4 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in The 'file' parameter in line #43 of interface/fax/fax_view.php that can result in The vulnerability could allow remote authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.. This attack appear to be exploitable via The victim must visit on a specially crafted URL..

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CVE-2018-1000218

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Aug 2018, 20:29 UTC

OpenEMR version v5_0_1_4 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in The 'file' parameter in line #43 of interface/fax/fax_view.php that can result in The vulnerability could allow remote authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.. This attack appear to be exploitable via The victim must visit on a specially crafted URL..

osv:CVE-2018-1000218
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1000218",
  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "OpenEMR version v5_0_1_4 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in The 'file' parameter in line #43 of interface/fax/fax_view.php that can result in The vulnerability could allow remote authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.. This attack appear to be exploitable via The victim must visit on a specially crafted URL..",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-1000218",
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    "severity": "medium",
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          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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                    "range": [
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:49:38.703696515Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/openemr/openemr/issues/1781",
        "https://github.com/openemr/openemr/blob/1b495b0b3cd16daf1e5f085145d9e19dea479c7f/interface/fax/fax_view.php#L43"
      ],
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    "security_relevant": true,
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380632,
  "published_at": "2018-08-20T20:29:00.86+00:00"
}