CVE-2026-13530
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 identified in itsourcecode Hospital Management System 1.0. This impacts an unknown function of the file /appointmentdetail.php of the component Appointment Handler. The manipulation of the argument editid leads to sql injection. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might 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 allows remote attackers to inject malicious SQL code via the editid parameter in /appointmentdetail.php. The Appointment Handler component fails to properly sanitize user input, enabling attackers to manipulate database 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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Confirm itsourcecode Hospital Management System is installedLocate the web application files. Check for the presence of appointmentdetail.php in the web root directory (commonly in /appointmentdetail.php or /hospital_management/appointmentdetail.php)Affected if The Hospital Management System version 1.0 is present on the server
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Identify the Appointment Handler componentSearch for the Appointment Handler code that processes the editid parameter. Look for PHP files handling appointment editing functionality, typically in the /includes or /pages directoriesAffected if The Appointment Handler component processes the editid parameter without prepared statements or input sanitization
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Verify the editid parameter handling in appointmentdetail.phpOpen appointmentdetail.php and locate the code that processes the editid parameter from $_GET or $_POST. Check if the value is directly interpolated into SQL queries without escaping or parameterized queriesAffected if The editid parameter is used directly in SQL queries without sanitization or prepared statements
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Test for SQL injection vulnerabilityIf the application is accessible, send a request to appointmentdetail.php with a malicious editid value such as editid=1' OR '1'='1 to observe if the application returns database errors or unexpected dataAffected if The application returns SQL syntax errors or unintended data when special characters are submitted in the editid parameter
You are affected if itsourcecode Hospital Management System 1.0 is running and the editid parameter in appointmentdetail.php is processed without prepared statements or input sanitization, allowing SQL injection.
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 or parameterized queries for all database operations in the Appointment Handler component. Apply input validation and sanitization on the editid parameter before using it in SQL queries.
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