CVE-2026-55081
DHIS2 Reflected XSS in OpenAPI HTML scope parameter
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.3 High
- Published
- Jul 21, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 22, 2026
- Reserved
- Jun 16, 2026
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 7.3 High | 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 | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
dhis2-coredhis2 |
|
References
- https://github.com/dhis2/dhis2-core/security/advisories/GHSA-6785-hj47-c27h
- https://github.com/dhis2/dhis2-core/pull/24158
- https://github.com/dhis2/dhis2-core/pull/24159
- https://github.com/dhis2/dhis2-core/pull/24160
- https://github.com/dhis2/dhis2-core/pull/24161
- https://github.com/dhis2/dhis2-core/pull/24162
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