InjectionWeakness · CWE-74

CVE-2026-14773

MEDIUM · 6.3 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-07-05
Mitigation only
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69/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable Zero-click 6 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 was found in itsourcecode Hospital Management System 1.0. This affects an unknown function of the file /payment.php. The manipulation of the argument patientid results in sql injection. The attack can be launched 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 confidence

SQL injection vulnerability in the patientid parameter of /payment.php in itsourcecode Hospital Management System 1.0, allowing remote attackers to inject malicious SQL queries through user input that is not properly sanitized or parameterized.

MitigationImplement parameterized queries/prepared statements for the patientid parameter in payment.php, apply input validation, and ensure the database user follows least-privilege principles.

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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. Confirm Hospital Management System installation
    Locate the web application root directory and verify the presence of itsourcecode Hospital Management System files, specifically checking for payment.php in the web-accessible path
    Affected if The application is itsourcecode Hospital Management System version 1.0 and contains payment.php in the web directory
  2. Identify database connectivity
    Check if the application is configured with a database connection by examining configuration files (such as db.php, config.php, or similar) in the application root
    Affected if The application connects to a database, as SQL injection requires an active database connection to be exploitable
  3. Locate patientid parameter handling in payment.php
    Open payment.php and search for occurrences of 'patientid' to identify where this parameter is processed
    Affected if The patientid parameter is used in SQL queries within payment.php without proper sanitization or parameterized queries
  4. Inspect SQL query construction for patientid
    Examine the code surrounding patientid usage to determine if user input is directly concatenated into SQL statements or if prepared statements are used
    Affected if The patientid parameter is directly included in SQL queries without using prepared statements, binding parameters, or input sanitization functions
  5. Test parameter for injection susceptibility
    If authorized and in a non-production environment, submit a benign SQL test payload (such as patientid=1' OR '1'='1) via GET or POST to /payment.php and observe database error responses or unexpected behavior
    Affected if The application returns database errors, displays unexpected data, or behaves differently when SQL syntax is injected into the patientid parameter

A user is affected if they run itsourcecode Hospital Management System 1.0 with payment.php accessible and the patientid parameter is used in unsanitized SQL queries against a database

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement parameterized queries/prepared statements for the patientid parameter in payment.php, apply input validation, and ensure the database user follows least-privilege principles.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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