# CVE-2022-3956: tsruban HHIMS Patient Portrait sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in the Patient Portrait Handler to read or modify patient data in HHIMS.

- **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:** 11 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 15 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mqrh-jfmc-cvww

## What is CVE-2022-3956?

CVE-2022-3956 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in tsruban HHIMS, published on 11 Nov 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in tsruban HHIMS 2.1. Affected is an unknown function of the component Patient Portrait Handler. The manipulation of the argument PID leads to sql injection. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-213462 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command), CWE-707 (Improper Neutralization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3956?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hhims Project Hhims.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-3956?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3956 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-3956 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3956 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-3956 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-3956 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in tsruban HHIMS, published on 11 Nov 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-2022-3956 exists.

Affected product: tsruban HHIMS. 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-2022-3956/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3956/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3956
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3956
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3956

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