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CVE-2018-17181

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-05-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

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.

Affected products

• openemr: before 5.0.1.7 — fixed in 5.0.1.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: openemr 5.0.1.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• 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
• 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

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