CVE-2018-17181 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in OpenEMR before 5.0.1 Patch 7. SQL Injection exists in the SaveAudit function in /portal/lib/paylib.php and the portalAudit function in /portal/lib/appsql.class.php.

Published: 2019-05-17

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 1.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:open-emr:openemr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-8955	An issue was discovered in OpenEMR before 5.0.1 Patch 7. SQL Injection exists in the SaveAudit function in /portal/lib/paylib.php and the portalAudit function in /portal/lib/appsql.class.php.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01412.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/openemr/openemr/commit/4963fe4932a0a4e1e982642226174e9931d09541
https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Patches#5.0.1_Patch_.289.2F9.2F18.29

History

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Subscriptions

Open-emr Openemr

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-05-17T16:00:15.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:39:59.567Z

Reserved: 2018-09-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-17181

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-05-17T16:29:00.453

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:45:29.230

Link: CVE-2018-17181

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-89
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

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