{"id":"CVE-2026-55081","aliases":["EUVD-2026-46362","GHSA-6785-hj47-c27h"],"status":"published","title":"DHIS2 Reflected XSS in OpenAPI HTML scope parameter","description":"DHIS2 is a flexible information system for data capture, management, validation, analytics and visualization. The DHIS2 OpenAPI HTML endpoint reflected values from the `scope` query parameter into the generated HTML document without sufficient sanitization. A crafted `scope` value could be rendered as active HTML or JavaScript in the OpenAPI documentation page. An attacker able to get a user to open a crafted OpenAPI HTML URL could execute JavaScript in that user's browser in the DHIS2 origin.\n\nAffected versions: DHIS2 2.42 and 2.43 before the 2026-06-09 security patch releases, and the development branch for DHIS2 2.44 before the fix was merged.\nPatched in 2.42.5.1, 2.43.0.1, the 2.42 and 2.43 line branches, and the 2.44 development branch.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":7.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00436,"percentile":0.38336,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2026-07-21T18:36:46Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:40Z","products":[{"vendor":"dhis2","product":"dhis2-core"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/dhis2/dhis2-core/security/advisories/GHSA-6785-hj47-c27h","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/dhis2/dhis2-core/pull/24158","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/dhis2/dhis2-core/pull/24159","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/dhis2/dhis2-core/pull/24160","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/dhis2/dhis2-core/pull/24161","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/dhis2/dhis2-core/pull/24162","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/55xxx/CVE-2026-55081.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55081","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-55081","title":"DHIS2 Reflected XSS in OpenAPI HTML scope parameter","description":"DHIS2 is a flexible information system for data capture, management, validation, analytics and visualization. The DHIS2 OpenAPI HTML endpoint reflected values from the `scope` query parameter into the generated HTML document without sufficient sanitization. A crafted `scope` value could be rendered as active HTML or JavaScript in the OpenAPI documentation page. An attacker able to get a user to open a crafted OpenAPI HTML URL could execute JavaScript in that user's browser in the DHIS2 origin.\n\nAffected versions: DHIS2 2.42 and 2.43 before the 2026-06-09 security patch releases, and the development branch for DHIS2 2.44 before the fix was merged.\nPatched in 2.42.5.1, 2.43.0.1, the 2.42 and 2.43 line branches, and the 2.44 development branch.","status":"published","published":"2026-07-21T18:36:46.507Z","modified":"2026-07-22T14:39:07.792Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:20:11.925815Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-46362","description":"DHIS2 is a flexible information system for data capture, management, validation, analytics and visualization. The DHIS2 OpenAPI HTML endpoint reflected values from the `scope` query parameter into the generated HTML document without sufficient sanitization. A crafted `scope` value could be rendered as active HTML or JavaScript in the OpenAPI documentation page. An attacker able to get a user to open a crafted OpenAPI HTML URL could execute JavaScript in that user's browser in the DHIS2 origin.\n\nAffected versions: DHIS2 2.42 and 2.43 before the 2026-06-09 security patch releases, and the development branch for DHIS2 2.44 before the fix was merged.\nPatched in 2.42.5.1, 2.43.0.1, the 2.42 and 2.43 line branches, and the 2.44 development branch.","status":"published","published":"2026-07-21T18:36:46Z","modified":"2026-07-22T14:39:07Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T18:19:46.391735Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-55081","description":"DHIS2 is a flexible information system for data capture, management, validation, analytics and visualization. The DHIS2 OpenAPI HTML endpoint reflected values from the `scope` query parameter into the generated HTML document without sufficient sanitization. A crafted `scope` value could be rendered as active HTML or JavaScript in the OpenAPI documentation page. An attacker able to get a user to open a crafted OpenAPI HTML URL could execute JavaScript in that user's browser in the DHIS2 origin.\n\nAffected versions: DHIS2 2.42 and 2.43 before the 2026-06-09 security patch releases, and the development branch for DHIS2 2.44 before the fix was merged.\nPatched in 2.42.5.1, 2.43.0.1, the 2.42 and 2.43 line branches, and the 2.44 development branch.","status":"published","published":"2026-07-21T19:17:10.95Z","modified":"2026-10-24T19:10:00.127Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:31.394335Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-55081","title":"DHIS2 Reflected XSS in OpenAPI HTML scope parameter","description":"DHIS2 is a flexible information system for data capture, management, validation, analytics and visualization. The DHIS2 OpenAPI HTML endpoint reflected values from the `scope` query parameter into the generated HTML document without sufficient sanitization. A crafted `scope` value could be rendered as active HTML or JavaScript in the OpenAPI documentation page. An attacker able to get a user to open a crafted OpenAPI HTML URL could execute JavaScript in that user's browser in the DHIS2 origin.\n\nAffected versions: DHIS2 2.42 and 2.43 before the 2026-06-09 security patch releases, and the development branch for DHIS2 2.44 before the fix was merged.\nPatched in 2.42.5.1, 2.43.0.1, the 2.42 and 2.43 line branches, and the 2.44 development branch.","status":"published","published":"2026-07-21T18:36:46.507Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:40.175948472Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:11.22012Z"}]}}