CVE-2025-56215
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 · uneditedphpgurukul Hospital Management System 4.0 is vulnerable to SQL Injection in contact.php via the pagetitle parameter.
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 phpgurukul Hospital Management System 4.0's contact.php script via the pagetitle parameter, allowing attackers to inject malicious SQL queries due to unsanitized user input being used directly in database queries.
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= 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
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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 installationLocate the phpgurukul Hospital Management System installation directory. Common paths include /var/www/html/, /htdocs/, or C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ depending on your web server configuration.Affected if The application is not present on the system, then this CVE does not apply.
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Verify the application versionCheck the version file or header in the installation directory. The affected version is 4.0 - look for a version.php, README, or version identifier within the application files.Affected if The installed version is exactly 4.0, making it potentially vulnerable.
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Locate the contact.php scriptFind the contact.php file within the application directory structure, typically in the root or a scripts folder.Affected if If contact.php does not exist, the specific vulnerability path is not present.
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Inspect pagetitle parameter handling in contact.phpOpen contact.php and examine how the pagetitle parameter is processed. Look for SQL queries that directly incorporate this parameter without using prepared statements, parameter binding, or input sanitization functions.Affected if The pagetitle parameter is used directly in SQL queries without parameterized queries or escaping, indicating the vulnerability exists.
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Confirm database connectivityVerify the application is configured to connect to a database. Check for database configuration files (db.php, config.php, or similar) and ensure the database connection is active.Affected if The application has an active database connection, making the SQL injection exploitable.
A user is affected if they have phpgurukul Hospital Management System version 4.0 installed with the contact.php script present and the pagetitle 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 the pagetitle parameter in contact.php, and add input validation/sanitization for all user-supplied data.
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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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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-56215 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- 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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