SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-5598

This is a blind SQL injection within the EmployeePortalServlet, which can be exploited by un-authenticated users via an HTTP POST request and which can be used to dump database data out to a malicious server, using an out-of-band technique, such as…

HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.14%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.14%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An issue was discovered in eClinicalWorks healow@work 8.0 build 8. This is a blind SQL injection within the EmployeePortalServlet, which can be exploited by un-authenticated users via an HTTP POST request and which can be used to dump database data out to a malicious server, using an out-of-band technique, such as select_loadfile(). The vulnerability affects the EmployeePortalServlet page and the following parameter: employer.

CVSS 3.0
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
1.14% probability · 65th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-89
Affected
eclinicalworks/patient portal
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.