CVE-2022-36242
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedClinic's Patient Management System v1.0 is vulnerable to SQL Injection via /pms/update_medicine.php?id=.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceSQL Injection vulnerability in Clinic's Patient Management System v1.0 allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious SQL queries through the 'id' parameter in /pms/update_medicine.php. The vulnerable component fails to properly sanitize user input before using it in SQL queries, enabling attackers to manipulate database operations.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 1.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the application and versionLocate and inspect the application files for version identification markers such as version.php, README files, or headers that indicate the software name and version. Compare against version 1.0.Affected if The application is Oretnom23 Clinic's Patient Management System version 1.0
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Verify the vulnerable file existsCheck for the presence of /pms/update_medicine.php in the web root directory of the deployed application.Affected if The file /pms/update_medicine.php exists in the web-accessible directory
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Confirm the 'id' parameter is handled insecurelyExamine the source code of update_medicine.php and locate the SQL query that uses the 'id' parameter. Check if the parameter is directly concatenated into the SQL statement without using prepared statements, parameter binding, or input sanitization.Affected if The 'id' parameter from GET or POST input is used directly in a SQL query without parameterized binding or escaping functions
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Verify the application is network accessibleConfirm that the /pms/update_medicine.php endpoint is reachable via HTTP/HTTPS from an attacker perspective (unauthenticated).Affected if The vulnerable script is accessible without authentication
You are affected if you are running Oretnom23 Clinic's Patient Management System version 1.0 and the /pms/update_medicine.php file exists with the 'id' parameter being used unsafely in SQL queries.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement prepared statements/parameterized queries for all database operations involving user input. Apply input validation and employ least-privilege database accounts to limit the impact of successful exploitation.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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