# CVE-2025-25925: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in OpenMRS by injecting payloads into patient middle names, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5xpm-7q7v-rpvf

## What is CVE-2025-25925?

CVE-2025-25925 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Mar 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A stored cross-scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Openmrs v2.4.3 Build 0ff0ed allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via injecting a crafted payload into the personName.middleName parameter at /openmrs/admin/patients/shortPatientForm.form.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-25925?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Openmrs Openmrs.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-25925?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-25925 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-25925 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-25925 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2018-19276](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-19276/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2021-43094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-43094/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-12796](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12796/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-40076](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40076/): OpenMRS Core arbitrary file write and code execution via Zip Slip in module upload (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2026-40075](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40075/): OpenMRS Core arbitrary file read via path traversal in ModuleResourcesServlet (high 8.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-25925 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-25925 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Mar 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-25925 exists.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-25925/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-25925/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-25925
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-25925
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-25925

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-25925/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.