CVE-2023-4441
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 · uneditedA vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Free Hospital Management System for Small Practices 1.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /patient/appointment.php. The manipulation of the argument sheduledate leads to sql injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. VDB-237562 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.
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 SourceCodester Free Hospital Management System for Small Practices 1.0 allows remote attackers to inject malicious SQL queries via the `sheduledate` parameter in /patient/appointment.php. The lack of parameterized queries or input sanitization enables attackers to manipulate database queries, potentially leading to unauthorized data access, data modification, or full 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= 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 installed applicationLocate the web application files and check for SourceCodester Free Hospital Management System for Small Practices by examining application banners, directory names, or footer/copyright strings in the web interfaceAffected if The application is SourceCodester Free Hospital Management System for Small Practices
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Verify the product versionCheck the version number of the installed application by examining version files, about pages, or configuration files that contain version metadataAffected if The installed version is 1.0
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Locate the vulnerable scriptNavigate to the file system and locate /patient/appointment.php within the web application directory structureAffected if The file /patient/appointment.php exists in the application
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Check if the application is accessibleAttempt to access the appointment.php page via HTTP/HTTPS to confirm the endpoint is reachableAffected if The /patient/appointment.php endpoint responds to requests
If you have Free Hospital Management System for Small Practices version 1.0 with the /patient/appointment.php file accessible, your environment contains the vulnerable code path and the sheduledate parameter could be exploited for SQL injection.
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 prepared statements/parameterized queries in appointment.php and implement proper input validation for the sheduledate parameter. Additionally, audit the entire application for similar SQL injection vulnerabilities.
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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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