How to fix CVE-2025-25925?

Within 30 days: Identify affected systems running Openmrs and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Verify Content-Security-Policy and output encoding.

Is Openmrs affected by CVE-2025-25925?

Organizations using Openmrs should be aware of moderate risk from CVE-2025-25925, a cross-site scripting vulnerability rated CVSS 4.8. Attackers could inject scripts to steal sessions or perform actions as authenticated users. Proof-of-concept code is publicly available.

Openmrs CVE-2025-25925

MEDIUM

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)

2025-03-11 [email protected]

XSS

4.8

CVSS 3.1

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Mar 12, 2026 - 19:52 vuln.today

PoC Detected

May 21, 2025 - 19:27 vuln.today

Public exploit code

CVE Published

Mar 11, 2025 - 20:15 nvd

MEDIUM 4.8

DescriptionNVD

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.

AnalysisAI

Technical ContextAI

Classified as CWE-79 (Cross-site Scripting (XSS)). Affects Openmrs v2.4.3 Build 0ff0ed. 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.

Affected ProductsAI

Product: Openmrs v2.4.3 Build 0ff0ed.

RemediationAI

Monitor vendor advisories for a patch. Implement output encoding and Content Security Policy headers. Restrict network access to the affected service where possible.

CVE-2025-25925 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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