CVE-2025-69231
Stored XSS in OpenEMR GAD-7 form enables session hijack and admin escalation
Is CVE-2025-69231 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2025-69231 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 3.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2025-69231?
CVE-2025-69231 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.7. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2025-69231?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2025-69231. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2025-69231 affect?
CVE-2025-69231 affects OpenEMR (pre-8.0.0). Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2025-69231?
Upgrade to OpenEMR 8.0.0+
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Authenticated clinician can inject JavaScript via the GAD-7 form, enabling session hijack, account takeover, and privilege escalation to admin
Patch when possible
- affected< 8.0.0
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.