InjectionWeakness · CWE-74

CVE-2026-14659

MEDIUM · 6.3 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-07-04
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 vulnerability has been found in itsourcecode Hospital Management System 1.0. Impacted is an unknown function of the file /patientappointment.php. Such manipulation of the argument patiente leads to sql injection. The attack can be launched 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 · moderate confidence

SQL injection vulnerability in itsourcecode Hospital Management System 1.0 allows remote attackers to inject malicious SQL queries via the 'patiente' parameter in /patientappointment.php. The lack of proper input sanitization or parameterized queries enables database manipulation.

MitigationImplement prepared statements/parameterized queries for all database operations involving the patiente parameter in patientappointment.php, or apply robust input validation and output encoding.

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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

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  1. Verify Hospital Management System installation
    Locate the itsourcecode Hospital Management System installation directory and confirm the application files are present. Common paths may include /var/www/html/, /www/, or C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ depending on the web server environment.
    Affected if The itsourcecode Hospital Management System is installed and running.
  2. Confirm application version is 1.0
    Check for a version file, README, or any version indicator within the application root directory. Look for version.php, about.php, or check the main index page source for version information.
    Affected if The installed version is 1.0.
  3. Verify patientappointment.php exists
    Locate the patientappointment.php file within the web application directory structure. This file handles patient appointment functionality and contains the vulnerable parameter handler.
    Affected if The file patientappointment.php exists in the application.
  4. Inspect the patiente parameter handling
    Open patientappointment.php and search for the 'patiente' parameter usage in database queries. Look for SQL statements that directly incorporate this parameter without prepared statements, parameter binding, or evident input sanitization functions.
    Affected if The patiente parameter is used in SQL queries without parameterized queries or input sanitization.
  5. Check database user privileges
    If access to the application source is limited, verify the database configuration file to determine what database user privileges are configured for the application.
    Affected if The application database user has privileges that would allow SQL injection to manipulate the database.

A user is affected if they are running itsourcecode Hospital Management System version 1.0 with the patientappointment.php file present and the patiente parameter being processed in SQL queries without prepared statements or sanitization.

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/parameterized queries for all database operations involving the patiente parameter in patientappointment.php, or apply robust input validation and output encoding.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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