Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 25, 2026· Updated Feb 25, 2026
OpenEMR allows inconsistent escaping of translation function output
CVE-2026-21443
Description
OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. Prior to version 8.0.0, the xl() translation function returns unescaped strings. While wrapper functions exist for escaping in different contexts (xlt() for HTML, xla() for attributes, xlj() for JavaScript), there are places in the codebase where xl() output is used directly without escaping. If an attacker could insert malicious content into the translation database, these unescaped outputs could lead to XSS. Version 8.0.0 fixes the issue.
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2- github.com/openemr/openemr/commit/b1e3fe8a9ed8bcaf17e0b73d7fad5434f9fe36damitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/openemr/openemr/security/advisories/GHSA-3f9j-cqjj-7h46mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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