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

CVE-2014-5462

Severity Medium
Score 6.5/10

Summary

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in OpenEMR 4.1.2 (Patch 7) and earlier allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) layout_id parameter to interface/super/edit_layout.php; (2) form_patient_id, (3) form_drug_name, or (4) form_lot_number parameter to interface/reports/prescriptions_report.php; (5) payment_id parameter to interface/billing/edit_payment.php; (6) id parameter to interface/forms_admin/forms_admin.php; (7) form_pid or (8) form_encounter parameter to interface/billing/sl_eob_search.php; (9) sortby parameter to interface/logview/logview.php; form_facility parameter to (10) procedure_stats.php, (11) pending_followup.php, or (12) pending_orders.php in interface/orders/; (13) patient, (14) encounterid, (15) formid, or (16) issue parameter to interface/patient_file/deleter.php; (17) search_term parameter to interface/patient_file/encounter/coding_popup.php; (18) text parameter to interface/patient_file/encounter/search_code.php; (19) form_addr1, (20) form_addr2, (21) form_attn, (22) form_country, (23) form_freeb_type, (24) form_partner, (25) form_name, (26) form_zip, (27) form_state, (28) form_city, or (29) form_cms_id parameter to interface/practice/ins_search.php; (30) form_pid parameter to interface/patient_file/problem_encounter.php; (31) patient, (32) form_provider, (33) form_apptstatus, or (34) form_facility parameter to interface/reports/appointments_report.php; (35) db_id parameter to interface/patient_file/summary/demographics_save.php; (36) p parameter to interface/fax/fax_dispatch_newpid.php; or (37) patient_id parameter to interface/patient_file/reminder/patient_reminders.php.

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CWE-89 - SQL Injection

Structured Query Language (SQL) injection attacks are one of the most common types of vulnerabilities. They exploit weaknesses in vulnerable applications to gain unauthorized access to backend databases. This often occurs when an attacker enters unexpected SQL syntax in an input field. The resulting SQL statement behaves in the background in an unintended manner, which allows the possibility of unauthorized data retrieval, data modification, execution of database administration operations, and execution of commands on the operating system.

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