CVE-2020-27226 SQL injection in OpenClinic

What is CVE-2020-27226?

CVE-2020-27226 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in OpenClinic, published on 10 May 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An exploitable SQL injection vulnerability exists in ‘quickFile.jsp’ page of OpenClinic GA 5.173.3. A specially crafted HTTP request can lead to SQL injection. An attacker can make an authenticated HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-89

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-27226?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Openclinic Ga Project Openclinic Ga.

How do I fix CVE-2020-27226?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-27226 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.

Is CVE-2020-27226 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-27226 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in OpenClinic

• CVE-2020-27227 Command injection in OpenClinic Critical 10.0
• CVE-2020-14484 Security feature bypass in OpenClinic GA Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-14485 Auth bypass in OpenClinic GA Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-14494 Auth bypass in OpenClinic GA Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-40275 Information disclosure in n/a Critical 9.1

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-5r4w-r2x6-xx68.