# CVE-2018-17179: An issue was discovered in OpenEMR before 5.0.1 Patch 7.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module, 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2019-05-17 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in OpenEMR before 5.0.1 Patch 7. There is SQL Injection in the make_task function in /interface/forms/eye_mag/php/taskman_functions.php via /interface/forms/eye_mag/taskman.php.

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## References

- https://github.com/openemr/openemr/commit/3e22d11c7175c1ebbf3d862545ce6fee18f70617
- https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Patches#5.0.1_Patch_.289.2F9.2F18.29
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/sqli/openemr/openemr_sqli_dump.rb
- https://github.com/CyberQuestor-infosec/CVE-2018-17179-OpenEMR

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