What is CVE-2019-17197?

CVE-2019-17197 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Open-Emr Openemr, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-10-05.

How severe is CVE-2019-17197?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Open-Emr Openemr

CVE-2019-17197

OpenEMR through 5.0.2 has SQL Injection in the Lifestyle demographic filter criteria in library/clinical_rules.php that affects library/patient.inc.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2019-10-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (73.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 73.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Open-Emr Openemr

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

github.com/openemr/openemr/pull/2692 (Third Party Advisory)
github.com/openemr/openemr/pull/2698/files (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-17197?: CVE-2019-17197 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Open-Emr Openemr, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-10-05.
How severe is CVE-2019-17197?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.