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Free Hospital Management System For Small PracticesApplication · Free Hospital Management System For Small Practices Project

CVE-2023-4443

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2023-08-21
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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 · unedited
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in SourceCodester Free Hospital Management System for Small Practices 1.0/5.0.12. Affected is an unknown function of the file vm\doctor\edit-doc.php. The manipulation of the argument id00/nic/oldemail/email/spec/Tele leads to sql injection. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-237564.

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 confidence

SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Free Hospital Management System for Small Practices allows remote attackers to inject malicious SQL queries through multiple parameters (id00, nic, oldemail, email, spec, Tele) in the edit-doc.php file without proper input sanitization.

MitigationImplement parameterized queries/prepared statements for all database operations in the affected file. Given the critical severity and public exploit availability, consider restricting network access or disabling the doctor editing functionality until the patch is applied.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

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
Free Hospital Management System For Small PracticesApplication
Affected:= 1.0

CVSS 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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Confirm the application installation
    Locate the web root directory and identify if SourceCodester Free Hospital Management System for Small Practices is installed. Look for common paths like /var/www/html/, /htdocs/, or C:\xampp\htdocs\. Search for recognizable files such as index.php or login.php from this application.
    Affected if The application is not found in the environment, meaning the system is not affected.
  2. Verify the affected version
    Check the application version. In the web root, look for a version file, about page, or check the footer of the main page for version information. Compare against version 1.0.
    Affected if The installed version is exactly 1.0, matching the affected version.
  3. Locate the vulnerable edit-doc.php file
    Navigate to the application directories and search for the file edit-doc.php. Common paths include /admin/, /doctor/, or /includes/ subdirectories within the web root.
    Affected if The file edit-doc.php exists in the application installation.
  4. Inspect the vulnerable code for SQL injection points
    Open edit-doc.php in a text editor and search for the parameters id00, nic, oldemail, email, spec, and Tele. Examine how these parameters are used in database queries - look for direct string concatenation or lack of prepared statements.
    Affected if The code shows these parameters being used in SQL queries without parameterized queries, prepared statements, or input sanitization functions.
  5. Determine if the doctor editing functionality is accessible
    Attempt to access the edit-doc.php file through the web browser or verify via web server logs that this endpoint is reachable. Check if there are authentication requirements or IP restrictions on this page.
    Affected if The edit-doc.php page is accessible without additional security controls beyond basic authentication, and the application processes user input through the vulnerable parameters.

A user is affected if they have version 1.0 of SourceCodester Free Hospital Management System for Small Practices installed with the edit-doc.php file containing the vulnerable SQL query implementations for the id00, nic, oldemail, email, spec, or Tele parameters.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement parameterized queries/prepared statements for all database operations in the affected file. Given the critical severity and public exploit availability, consider restricting network access or disabling the doctor editing functionality until the patch is applied.

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