Online Doctor Appointment SystemApplication · Unguardable

CVE-2026-4473

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-03-20
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Public exploit Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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 detected in itsourcecode Online Doctor Appointment System 1.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /admin/appointment_action.php. The manipulation of the argument appointment_id results in sql injection. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit is now 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 Online Doctor Appointment System 1.0 allows remote attackers to inject malicious SQL queries via the appointment_id parameter in /admin/appointment_action.php. The lack of proper input sanitization or parameterized queries enables attackers to manipulate database queries.

MitigationImplement prepared statements/parameterized queries for all database operations involving the appointment_id parameter, apply strict input validation, and restrict access to the /admin/ directory to authorized personnel only.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Online Doctor Appointment SystemApplication
Affected:= 1.0

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
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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 the Online Doctor Appointment System is installed
    Search the web server document root for itsourcecode Online Doctor Appointment System files, specifically looking for the /admin/appointment_action.php script
    Affected if The application directory structure matches the Online Doctor Appointment System
  2. Verify the application version is 1.0
    Check version identifiers within the application (version files, admin panel about page, or footer/includes)
    Affected if Installed version equals 1.0
  3. Confirm the vulnerable script exists
    Locate the file /admin/appointment_action.php within the web root
    Affected if The appointment_action.php file exists in the /admin/ directory
  4. Check if the admin directory is network-accessible
    Attempt HTTP request to the /admin/ endpoint to verify it is reachable
    Affected if The /admin/ directory responds to HTTP requests
  5. Inspect the appointment_id parameter handling
    Review the source code of appointment_action.php to verify the appointment_id parameter is used in SQL queries without parameterized queries
    Affected if The code uses direct string concatenation with appointment_id in SQL statements

A system is affected if the Online Doctor Appointment System version 1.0 is installed with the /admin/appointment_action.php file accessible and the appointment_id parameter processed without prepared statements.

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 appointment_id parameter, apply strict input validation, and restrict access to the /admin/ directory to authorized personnel only.

Fix this in Online Doctor Appointment System Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation6.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
13.0 hours of engineering $2,290
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