CVE-2011-5160
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in setup.php in OpenEMR 4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 1.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 29% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in setup.php in OpenEMR 4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the site parameter.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
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Exploit-DB2 entries
- OpenEMR 4 - Multiple Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 18274webapps, phppublished 25 Dec 2011Not verified
- OpenEMR 4.0.0 - Multiple Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 17118webapps, phppublished 5 Apr 2011Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 18274 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 29% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
2
- 18274 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- openemr-setup-xss(71982) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2011-5060 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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