# CVE-2022-2693: SourceCodester Electronic Medical Records System UPDATE Statement register.php sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in the register.php file to read or modify database contents in the Electronic Medical Records System.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Aug 2022
- **Updated:** 15 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jq63-q9h3-4pm6

## What is CVE-2022-2693?

CVE-2022-2693 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Electronic Medical Records System, published on 6 Aug 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been found in SourceCodester Electronic Medical Records System and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file register.php of the component UPDATE Statement Handler. The manipulation of the argument pconsultation leads to sql injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-205816.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2693?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Electronic Medical Records System Project Electronic Medical Records System.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-2693?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2693 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-2693 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-2693 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Electronic Medical Records System

- [CVE-2023-1151](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1151/): SourceCodester Electronic Medical Records System Cookie administrator.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2022-2676](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2676/): SourceCodester Electronic Medical Records System POST Request sql injection (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-2693 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-2693 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Electronic Medical Records System, published on 6 Aug 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-2693 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Electronic Medical Records System. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2693/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2693/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2693
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2693
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-2693

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2693/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.