CVE-2014-5452
CDA.xsl in HL7 C-CDA 1.1 and earlier does not anticipate the possibility of invalid C-CDA documents with crafted XML attributes, which allows remote attackers to conduct XSS attacks via a document containing a table that is improperly handled during unrestricted xsl:copy operations.
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EPSS
Probability of exploitation (next 30 days): 0.0044 (0.4%)
Percentile: 63.3%
EPSS: 2026-05-06
Affects
hl7:c-cdaTechnical description
CDA.xsl in HL7 C-CDA 1.1 and earlier does not anticipate the possibility of invalid C-CDA documents with crafted XML attributes, which allows remote attackers to conduct XSS attacks via a document containing a table that is improperly handled during unrestricted xsl:copy operations.
Published: 9/2/2014, 10:55:04 AM
Last modified: 5/6/2026, 10:30:45 PM
References
- http://gforge.hl7.org/gf/project/strucdoc/frs/?action=FrsReleaseView&release_id=1088
- http://motorcycleguy.blogspot.com/2014/04/hl7-cda-stylesheet-patches.html
- http://smartplatforms.org/2014/04/security-vulnerabilities-in-ccda-display/
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21699588
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69633
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033511
- http://gforge.hl7.org/gf/project/strucdoc/frs/?action=FrsReleaseView&release_id=1088
- http://motorcycleguy.blogspot.com/2014/04/hl7-cda-stylesheet-patches.html