Patients Waiting Area Queue Management SystemApplication · Pamzey

CVE-2026-1148

MEDIUM · 6.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-01-19
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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72/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges

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 was determined in SourceCodester/Patrick Mvuma Patients Waiting Area Queue Management System 1.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross-site request forgery. It is possible to launch the attack remotely.

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 confidence

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Patients Waiting Area Queue Management System 1.0 allows remote attackers to trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions by crafting malicious requests, likely due to missing or insufficient anti-CSRF tokens on sensitive operations.

MitigationImplement anti-CSRF tokens on all state-changing operations (forms and AJAX endpoints) and configure SameSite cookie attributes to prevent cross-origin request forgery.

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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
Patients Waiting Area Queue Management SystemApplication
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
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/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 checks

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

  1. Confirm product and version
    Identify the installed Pamzey Patients Waiting Area Queue Management System version. Check application headers, source files, or admin interface for version number 1.0
    Affected if The installed version is Pamzey Patients Waiting Area Queue Management System 1.0
  2. Inspect HTML forms for anti-CSRF tokens
    View page source of state-changing forms (patient management, queue operations, user settings) and search for hidden input fields containing token values (such as csrf_token, token, or similar)
    Affected if Sensitive forms lack hidden CSRF token input fields
  3. Check AJAX endpoints for token inclusion
    Use browser developer tools to capture AJAX/XHR requests and inspect request headers or body for CSRF token parameters
    Affected if AJAX requests do not include CSRF tokens in headers or request body
  4. Verify SameSite cookie configuration
    Open browser developer tools, go to Application tab, examine session cookies, and check the SameSite attribute value
    Affected if Session cookies have SameSite attribute missing or set to None without Secure flag

User is affected if running Pamzey Patients Waiting Area Queue Management System version 1.0 and sensitive operations lack CSRF token validation or proper SameSite cookie attributes

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 anti-CSRF tokens on all state-changing operations (forms and AJAX endpoints) and configure SameSite cookie attributes to prevent cross-origin request forgery.

Fix this in Patients Waiting Area Queue Management System Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing4.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
16.0 hours of engineering $2,800
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