CVE-2025-69949 in Hospital Management System
Summary
by MITRE • 07/30/2026
kishan0725 Hospital Management System 4.0 is vulnerable to SQL Injection in check_availability.php via the parameters emailid and email.
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 07/30/2026
The kishan0725 Hospital Management System version 4.0 presents a critical security vulnerability through SQL injection flaws in the check_availability.php script that directly impacts the system's data integrity and confidentiality. This vulnerability manifests when user-supplied parameters emailid and email are not properly sanitized or validated before being incorporated into database queries, creating an exploitable pathway for malicious actors to manipulate backend database operations.
The technical flaw resides in the improper handling of user input within the check_availability.php endpoint where the emailid and email parameters are directly concatenated into SQL statements without adequate parameterization or input validation measures. This vulnerability falls under CWE-89 which specifically addresses SQL injection weaknesses, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands against the database backend. The absence of proper input sanitization means that any malicious payload submitted through these parameters can be interpreted as part of the SQL query rather than as data, enabling unauthorized access to sensitive patient information, system credentials, and other confidential medical records.
The operational impact of this vulnerability extends beyond simple data theft to encompass complete database compromise and potential system takeover. Attackers could leverage this weakness to extract all patient records, modify existing entries, delete critical information, or even escalate privileges within the database environment. Given that hospital management systems contain highly sensitive personal health information, this vulnerability creates significant regulatory compliance risks under standards such as hipaa and gdpr, potentially exposing the organization to substantial financial penalties and legal consequences. The vulnerability also enables attackers to perform unauthorized database enumeration, discover system architecture details, and map out additional attack vectors within the network infrastructure.
Mitigation strategies must address both immediate remediation and long-term security hardening measures for the affected hospital management system. The primary fix involves implementing proper parameterized queries or prepared statements for all database interactions, ensuring that user input is never directly concatenated into SQL commands. Input validation should be enforced at multiple layers including application-level filtering, regular expression checks for email format compliance, and length restrictions on submitted parameters. Additionally, the system should implement proper error handling that prevents database-specific error messages from being exposed to end users, which could aid in further exploitation attempts. Security monitoring should be enhanced through logging of all database queries and implementation of intrusion detection systems to identify suspicious patterns. The principle of least privilege must be enforced by ensuring database accounts used by the application have minimal required permissions, preventing attackers from executing destructive operations even if successful in initial exploitation attempts. Organizations should also conduct regular security assessments and penetration testing to identify similar vulnerabilities across their entire infrastructure, aligning with industry best practices outlined in frameworks such as nist cybersecurity framework and iso 27001 standards.