Check Point Advisories

OpenEMR Calendar Search SQL Injection (CVE-2021-41843)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2021-1996
Date Published:	1 Oct 2023
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 01 October, 2023
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2021-41843
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	OpenEMR Development Team OpenEMR prior to 6.0.0 patch 3
Vulnerability Description	A SQL injection vulnerability exists in the OpenEMR. Successful exploitation could result in execution of arbitrary SQL statements, which may cause disclosure of sensitive information leading to further compromises.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the OpenEMR Calendar Search SQL Injection (CVE-2021-41843) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: OpenEMR Calendar Search SQL Injection (CVE-2021-41843)