CVE-2025-6408
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 has been found in Campcodes Online Hospital Management System 1.0 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /doctor/search.php. The manipulation of the argument searchdata leads to sql injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
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 Campcodes Online Hospital Management System 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the searchdata parameter in /doctor/search.php. The lack of input sanitization or parameterized queries enables attackers to manipulate database queries.
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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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Confirm product installation and versionLocate the Campcodes Online Hospital Management System installation directory and check version.php or any version indicator file. Look for files like version.txt, or check the header/meta tags of index pages for version '1.0'.Affected if The installed version is exactly 1.0 (the only affected version per the CVE).
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Verify vulnerable file existsLocate the file /doctor/search.php in the web root directory of the installation. This is the file containing the SQL injection vulnerability.Affected if The file /doctor/search.php exists in the web application directory.
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Confirm doctor portal is accessibleCheck if the doctor module is enabled and accessible. Attempt to access the /doctor/ login or search page via HTTP to confirm the endpoint is reachable.Affected if The /doctor/ portal is accessible without authentication restrictions or the application allows unauthenticated search queries.
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Examine search.php source code for unsanitized parameterOpen /doctor/search.php and locate the code handling the searchdata parameter. Look for direct use of $_POST['searchdata'] or $_GET['searchdata'] in SQL queries without sanitization functions like mysqli_real_escape_string, htmlspecialchars, or use of prepared statements.Affected if The searchdata parameter is directly concatenated into an SQL query without parameterized queries, escaping, or input validation.
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Verify database query implementationReview the database query execution code in search.php. Check if the SQL statement uses mysqli_prepare() or PDO::prepare() with bound parameters, or uses mysqli_real_escape_string() on the searchdata input.Affected if The code uses direct string concatenation for the searchdata parameter in SQL queries instead of prepared statements or proper escaping.
If the system runs Campcodes Online Hospital Management System version 1.0 with the /doctor/search.php file present and accessible, and the source code shows the searchdata parameter is used directly in SQL queries without sanitization or prepared statements, the environment is vulnerable to CVE-2025-6408.
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.
dbcve · scopedReplace dynamic SQL queries with parameterized queries/prepared statements for the searchdata parameter, implement strict input validation, and apply principle of least privilege to database accounts. Consider deploying a WAF as an additional layer of defense.
- Locate the vulnerable file /doctor/search.php in the application root directory.
- Open the file in a text editor and locate the code that handles the 'searchdata' parameter (typically via $_GET or $_POST).
- Replace any direct string concatenation of $searchdata into the SQL query with a prepared statement. For example, using PDO: $stmt = $pdo->prepare('SELECT * FROM doctors WHERE name LIKE :searchdata'); $stmt->execute([':searchdata' => '%' . $searchdata . '%']);
- Alternatively, if using mysqli: $stmt = $mysqli->prepare('SELECT * FROM doctors WHERE name LIKE ?'); $searchparam = '%' . $searchdata . '%'; $stmt->bind_param('s', $searchparam); $stmt->execute();
- Ensure that all other queries in the file are also converted to prepared statements to prevent similar issues.
- Test the fix by attempting the original SQL injection payload in the searchdata parameter to confirm the vulnerability is mitigated.
- Deploy the corrected file to the production environment.
- If possible, enable database-level input validation and enforce least‑privilege database user permissions as an additional defense layer.
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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