CVE-2023-41525
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 · uneditedHospital Management System v4 was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via the patient_contact parameter in patientsearch.php.
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 · high confidenceSQL injection vulnerability in Hospital Management System v4's patientsearch.php allows remote attackers to inject malicious SQL commands via the patient_contact parameter. The application fails to properly sanitize user input before using it in database queries, potentially enabling unauthorized data access, data exfiltration, or complete database compromise.
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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= 4.0CVSS 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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Verify the Hospital Management System versionLocate and inspect the application's version file, about page, or header metadata. Common locations include version.php, README files, or the main index page footer.Affected if The installed version is exactly 4.0 (Kishan0725 Hospital Management System)
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Locate patientsearch.php in the web rootSearch the web server document root for the file patientsearch.php. Use commands like 'find /var/www -name patientsearch.php' on Linux or search within the application directory on Windows.Affected if The file patientsearch.php exists in the application web directory
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Inspect the patient_contact parameter handlingOpen patientsearch.php in a text editor or use 'grep' to search for 'patient_contact'. Examine how this parameter is retrieved (e.g., $_GET['patient_contact']) and whether it is passed directly to SQL queries without sanitization or parameterization.Affected if The code shows patient_contact being used in SQL queries without prepared statements, escaping, or input validation functions
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Confirm database interaction existsCheck patientsearch.php for database connection code (e.g., mysqli_query, mysql_query, PDO query methods) that incorporates the patient_contact variable directly into the query string.Affected if The file executes SQL queries using the patient_contact parameter without parameterized binding
You are affected if you are running version 4.0 of Kishan0725 Hospital Management System and the patientsearch.php file contains unsanitized SQL queries using the patient_contact parameter.
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 dataReplace dynamic SQL queries with parameterized queries/prepared statements in patientsearch.php, implement proper input validation and sanitization on all patient-facing parameters, and apply the principle of least privilege to database accounts.
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