What is CVE-2017-5598?

CVE-2017-5598 is a high-severity vulnerability in Eclinicalworks Patient Portal, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-01-27.

How severe is CVE-2017-5598?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Eclinicalworks Patient Portal

CVE-2017-5598

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.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2017-01-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (66.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-23.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 66.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Eclinicalworks Patient Portal — versions 8.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

gist.github.com/malerisch/ded4d6e6e980667ee9f7fc7f2818f4fa (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95836 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5598?: CVE-2017-5598 is a high-severity vulnerability in Eclinicalworks Patient Portal, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-01-27.
How severe is CVE-2017-5598?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.