CVE-2023-41532
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 doctor_contact parameter in doctorsearch.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 confidenceA SQL injection vulnerability exists in the doctor_contact parameter of doctorsearch.php in Hospital Management System v4. An attacker can inject malicious SQL statements through this parameter to manipulate database queries, potentially exfiltrating sensitive patient data, modifying records, or gaining unauthorized access.
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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
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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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Confirm Hospital Management System installationSearch the web root directory for a folder containing 'hospital' or 'HMS' in the name, or look for the file doctorsearch.php in the web accessible directoriesAffected if The Hospital Management System v4.0 by Kishan0725 is installed and accessible on the server
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Locate doctorsearch.phpCheck for the presence of doctorsearch.php in the web application directories, typically found in the root or a patient-facing moduleAffected if The file doctorsearch.php exists in the application structure
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Verify version is 4.0Check the application version by reviewing any version file, footer, or admin panel that displays the software version; compare against the affected version 4.0Affected if The installed version is confirmed to be exactly 4.0
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Check doctor_contact parameter exposureReview the source code of doctorsearch.php to identify if the doctor_contact parameter is used in SQL queries without proper sanitization or prepared statementsAffected if The doctor_contact parameter accepts user input and passes it directly to SQL queries without parameterized binding
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Confirm lack of input validationInspect the application code for input validation functions or sanitization routines applied to the doctor_contact parameter before database queriesAffected if No input validation, sanitization, or parameterized queries are implemented for the doctor_contact parameter
The environment is affected if Hospital Management System v4.0 is installed, doctorsearch.php exists, and the doctor_contact parameter accepts unsanitized user input 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 parameterized queries or prepared statements for all database operations involving user input. Sanitize and validate the doctor_contact parameter before using it in SQL queries. Consider implementing a Web Application Firewall as an additional layer of defense.
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