InjectionWeakness · CWE-74

CVE-2026-13531

MEDIUM · 6.3 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-06-29
Mitigation only
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69/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable Zero-click 7 weeks old

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 security flaw has been discovered in itsourcecode Hospital Management System 1.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file /department.php. The manipulation of the argument editid results in sql injection. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks.

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

A SQL injection vulnerability exists in itsourcecode Hospital Management System 1.0 within the /department.php file. The editid parameter is not properly sanitized before being used in database queries, allowing remote attackers to inject malicious SQL statements.

MitigationImplement prepared statements or parameterized queries for all database operations involving user input. Validate and sanitize the editid parameter, and apply input validation whitelists where feasible.

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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 checks

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

  1. Confirm Hospital Management System installation
    Locate the web application directory or check if itsourcecode Hospital Management System is deployed on the server. Look for the presence of department.php in the web root.
    Affected if The itsourcecode Hospital Management System is present and department.php exists in the web application directory
  2. Verify the application version
    Check the application's version identifier, typically found in about pages, version files, or the admin dashboard of the Hospital Management System.
    Affected if The installed version matches 1.0 or is an unpatched variant of itsourcecode Hospital Management System
  3. Confirm editid parameter is accessible
    Examine the department.php file to verify the editid parameter is used in the application. Check if the file handles edit actions for departments.
    Affected if The department.php file processes the editid parameter without proper sanitization in database queries
  4. Verify database interaction exists
    Review the department.php source code to confirm it performs database queries using the editid parameter.
    Affected if The editid parameter is directly used in SQL queries without parameterized prepared statements
  5. Check application accessibility
    Confirm the vulnerable endpoint /department.php is accessible via HTTP/HTTPS from the network.
    Affected if The department.php page is accessible and the editid parameter can be manipulated through HTTP requests

A system is affected if it runs itsourcecode Hospital Management System version 1.0 with the department.php file accessible and the editid parameter used in unsanitized SQL queries.

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 prepared statements or parameterized queries for all database operations involving user input. Validate and sanitize the editid parameter, and apply input validation whitelists where feasible.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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