CVE-2026-21443 – OpenEMR allows inconsistent escaping of translation function output

CVE ID : CVE-2026-21443

Published : Feb. 25, 2026, 2:16 a.m. | 50 minutes ago

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.

Severity: 1.2 | LOW

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