CVE-2025-60231
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 · uneditedDeserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in EMV The Hospital nrghospital allows Object Injection. This issue affects The Hospital: from n/a through 1.8.1.
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 · moderate confidenceA PHP Object Injection vulnerability exists in The Hospital application where untrusted data is deserialized without proper validation. This allows attackers to inject malicious serialized objects, potentially leading to remote code execution, file operations, or SQL injection depending on available gadget chains in the application.
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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
- 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 application and versionLocate the EMV The Hospital nrghospital installation directory or check the application's about/version page. Look for version.php, VERSION file, or similar version indicator within the application root.Affected if The installed version cannot be determined or matches any unpatched version of the software.
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Inspect PHP deserialization usageSearch the application source code for usage of PHP deserialization functions such as unserialize(), json_decode() with untrusted input, or similar patterns. Check for any endpoint or module that accepts serialized data.Affected if The code contains unserialize() calls or similar deserialization functions processing input without allowlist validation.
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Verify input validation on deserialization pointsReview the code paths that handle deserialized data. Check if there is any class allowlisting, type checking, or input validation before deserialization occurs.Affected if There is no allowlist-based validation of allowed classes before deserialization, or no validation whatsoever on the deserialized data.
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Check network exposure of vulnerable endpointsIf this is a web application, identify which URLs or API endpoints handle the deserialization. Verify if these endpoints are accessible from the network without authentication.Affected if The deserialization input points are reachable over the network without requiring authentication.
You are affected if EMV The Hospital nrghospital is installed and the application deserializes untrusted data without class allowlist validation, especially if the vulnerable endpoint is network-accessible.
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 unsafe deserialization (unserialize()) with safe alternatives like JSON decoding, implement whitelist-based validation if deserialization is absolutely required, and audit for exploitable magic methods in the codebase.
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