CVE-2025-57254
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 · uneditedAn SQL injection vulnerability in user-login.php and index.php of Karthikg1908 Hospital Management System (HMS) 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries via the username and password POST parameters. The application fails to properly sanitize input before embedding it into SQL queries, leading to unauthorized access or potential data breaches. This can result in privilege escalation, account takeover, or exposure of sensitive medical data.
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 Karthikg1908 Hospital Management System 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries through unsanitized username and password POST parameters in user-login.php and index.php, potentially enabling unauthorized access, privilege escalation, and exposure of sensitive medical data.
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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
- 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 the Hospital Management System installationLocate the web application directory and identify if it contains files from Karthikg1908 Hospital Management System. Check for application-specific files such as user-login.php, index.php, or any branding/footer files indicating this specific application.Affected if The application is Karthikg1908 Hospital Management System and the version is 1.0 or cannot be determined but appears to be this product
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Verify vulnerable login files existCheck the web root for the presence of user-login.php and index.php files. These are the specific files mentioned as containing the SQL injection vulnerability.Affected if Files named user-login.php or index.php exist in the application directory and contain login functionality handling username and password parameters
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Inspect the login form POST handlingExamine the source code of user-login.php and index.php to identify how POST parameters named 'username' and 'password' are processed. Look for direct insertion of these parameters into SQL queries without prepared statements or parameter binding.Affected if The code constructs SQL queries by directly concatenating or interpolating $_POST['username'] or $_POST['password'] variables without using prepared statements, parameter binding, or input sanitization functions
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Check for absence of prepared statementsSearch the login-related PHP files for usage of prepared statement functions such as mysqli_prepare, PDO::prepare, or $stmt->prepare. The absence of these patterns indicates the vulnerability is present.Affected if No prepared statement implementation is found in the SQL query logic handling user credentials, meaning user input flows directly into SQL commands
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Confirm login endpoint is exposedDetermine if the login page is accessible via HTTP/HTTPS to remote attackers. Check if network access controls or authentication gates exist that might limit exposure.Affected if The login form in user-login.php or index.php is accessible over the network without additional authentication barriers, allowing external POST requests
A defender is affected if the Karthikg1908 Hospital Management System version 1.0 is installed with accessible user-login.php or index.php files that handle username and password POST parameters using direct SQL concatenation instead of prepared statements.
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 SQL queries involving user input, combined with proper input validation and escaping. Apply immediate temporary mitigation such as web application firewall rules restricting special SQL characters in login fields.
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