SB2017113001 - SQL injection in OpenEMR
Published: November 30, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017113001
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-16540)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands in web application database.
The vulnerability exists in the setup.php installation scriptdue to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to vulnerable script and execute arbitrary SQL commands in web application database.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to gain administrative access to vulnerable web application.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.