CVE-2026-55081

HIGH

DHIS2 Reflected XSS in OpenAPI HTML scope parameter

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

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. Affected 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. Patched in 2.42.5.1, 2.43.0.1, the 2.42 and 2.43 line branches, and the 2.44 development branch.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/dhis2/dhis2-core/pull/24158
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/dhis2/dhis2-core/pull/24159
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/dhis2/dhis2-core/pull/24160
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/dhis2/dhis2-core/pull/24161
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/dhis2/dhis2-core/pull/24162

Scores

CVSS v4 7.3
EPSS 0.0027
EPSS Percentile 18.8%
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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (2)
dhis2/dhis2-core >= 2.42.0, < 2.42.5.1
dhis2/dhis2-core >= 2.43.0, < 2.43.0.1
Published Jul 21, 2026
Tracked Since Jul 22, 2026