CVE-2026-13496
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 was found in itsourcecode Hospital Management System 1.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the file /ajaxmedicine.php. The manipulation of the argument medicineid results in sql injection. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been made public and could 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 · moderate confidenceSQL injection vulnerability in itsourcecode Hospital Management System 1.0's /ajaxmedicine.php file via the medicineid parameter, allowing remote attackers to inject malicious SQL queries.
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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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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 installed Hospital Management System versionLocate the application files and check for version identifiers such as version files, headers, or about pages. Common paths may include the root directory or documentation files.Affected if The installed version is itsourcecode Hospital Management System 1.0 or earlier versions if known to exist
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Locate the ajaxmedicine.php fileSearch the web root directory for the file /ajaxmedicine.php using file system commands or directory listings.Affected if The file ajaxmedicine.php exists in the application web directory
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Examine ajaxmedicine.php for SQL query handlingOpen ajaxmedicine.php in a text editor or use grep/grep equivalent to search for SQL query patterns. Look specifically for the medicineid parameter usage in database operations. Check whether queries are built using string concatenation or if parameterized queries/prepared statements are used.Affected if The medicineid parameter is used in SQL queries without parameterized queries or input sanitization (e.g., direct insertion into query strings)
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Verify the medicineid parameter is exposedCheck if ajaxmedicine.php is accessible via HTTP/HTTPS and accepts the medicineid parameter as a GET or POST request. Test by sending a benign request with a medicineid value and observing the response.Affected if The ajaxmedicine.php endpoint is reachable and processes the medicineid parameter without authentication or with weak access controls
The environment is affected if running itsourcecode Hospital Management System version 1.0 with the ajaxmedicine.php file present and the medicineid parameter handled in SQL queries without parameterized statements or input validation.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
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From vendor dataImplement parameterized queries/prepared statements for all database operations in ajaxmedicine.php, apply input validation on the medicineid parameter, and apply any vendor patches if available.
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