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CVE-2018-18035

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-04-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

A vulnerability in flashcanvas.swf in OpenEMR before 5.0.1 Patch 6 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack on a targeted system.

Affected products

• openemr: before 5.0.1.6 — fixed in 5.0.1.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: openemr 5.0.1.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Patches
• https://www.purplemet.com/blog/openemr-xss-vulnerability
• https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Patches
• https://www.purplemet.com/blog/openemr-xss-vulnerability

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