InjectionWeakness · CWE-74

CVE-2026-8785

HIGH · 7.3 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-05-18
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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82/100
Remediation priority · High
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 flaw has been found in projectworlds hospital-management-system-in-php 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is the function getAllPatientDetail of the file update_info.php of the component GET Parameter Handler. Executing a manipulation of the argument appointment_no can lead to sql injection. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been published and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

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 getAllPatientDetail function within update_info.php of the hospital-management-system-in-php 1.0 application. The GET parameter 'appointment_no' is not properly sanitized before use in SQL queries, allowing remote attackers to manipulate SQL queries via the parameter.

MitigationImplement prepared statements/parameterized queries for the appointment_no parameter in getAllPatientDetail function; audit other GET parameter handlers in the application for similar SQL injection vulnerabilities.

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From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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. Locate the vulnerable application file
    Search for update_info.php in the web root directory of the hospital-management-system-in-php installation
    Affected if The file update_info.php exists in the application directory
  2. Verify the vulnerable function exists
    Open update_info.php and search for the getAllPatientDetail function definition
    Affected if The getAllPatientDetail function is present in update_info.php
  3. Confirm the vulnerable parameter handling
    Inspect the getAllPatientDetail function and look for direct use of $_GET['appointment_no'] in SQL query strings without sanitization or prepared statements
    Affected if The appointment_no GET parameter is used directly in SQL queries without escaping, binding, or sanitization functions
  4. Verify the application version
    Check the application version by reviewing any version file, header, or documentation in the installation directory
    Affected if The installed version is hospital-management-system-in-php 1.0
  5. Check application accessibility
    Determine if the web server hosts the application and update_info.php is accessible via HTTP/HTTPS
    Affected if The vulnerable endpoint is reachable over the network

The environment is affected if hospital-management-system-in-php version 1.0 is installed with update_info.php containing the getAllPatientDetail function that directly uses the unsanitized appointment_no GET parameter in SQL queries.

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

Implement prepared statements/parameterized queries for the appointment_no parameter in getAllPatientDetail function; audit other GET parameter handlers in the application for similar SQL injection vulnerabilities.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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