CVE-2022-1458 Stored XSS Leads To Session Hijacking in openemr/openemr
Attackers can inject malicious scripts to hijack user sessions in the OpenEMR medical records application.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-1458?
CVE-2022-1458 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Open-Emr Openemr, published on 25 Apr 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Stored XSS Leads To Session Hijacking in GitHub repository openemr/openemr prior to 6.1.0.1.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1458?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Open-Emr Openemr.
How do I fix CVE-2022-1458?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1458 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2022-1458 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1458 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2026-24849 OpenEMR Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-24908 OpenEMR has SQL Injection in Patient API Sort Parameter
- CVE-2022-2734 Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames in openemr/openemr
- CVE-2024-22611 SQL injection in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j658-8xwc-wj9h.