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CVE-2018-17179

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2019-05-17
  • Fixed in5.0.1.7
  • WeaknessCWE-89

Am I affected?

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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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2019-05-1716:29CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
Block these indicators
  • Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2018-17179?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2018-17179?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD
Open-emr openemr
BranchAffectedFixed in
5.0< 5.0.1.75.0.1.7

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

  1. Update Open-emr openemr to 5.0.1.7

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-02 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
1 repository, unverifiedCyberQuestor-infosec/CVE-2018-17179-OpenEMR
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
1 moduleauxiliary/sqli/openemr/openemr_sqli_dumprank: normalModule metadata: Metasploit Framework, © Rapid7, Inc., BSD-3-Clause.
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2019-05-17
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17179?

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.

Is CVE-2018-17179 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2018-17179 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 12.8% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-17179?

CVE-2018-17179 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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