CVE-2025-9746 in Hospital Management System
Summary
by MITRE • 09/01/2025
A vulnerability was detected in Campcodes Hospital Management System 1.0. This affects an unknown function of the file /admin/edit-doctor-specialization.php of the component Edit Doctor Specialization Page. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used.
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 09/05/2025
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-9746 resides within the Campcodes Hospital Management System version 1.0, specifically targeting the administrative component responsible for managing doctor specializations. This system serves healthcare facilities by providing digital management capabilities for medical staff and their professional details, making it a critical component in hospital operations. The vulnerability manifests in the /admin/edit-doctor-specialization.php file, which handles the editing functionality for physician specialization data within the administrative interface.
The technical flaw constitutes a cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows malicious actors to inject arbitrary script code into the web application's response. This occurs when user-supplied input containing malicious scripts is processed and rendered without proper sanitization or encoding mechanisms. The vulnerability affects an unknown function within the edit doctor specialization page, suggesting that the input validation occurs within a specific processing routine that fails to adequately filter or escape user-provided data before it is displayed back to users. The XSS vulnerability operates through the manipulation of parameters or form fields that are directly incorporated into the HTML output without appropriate security measures.
The operational impact of this vulnerability is significant for healthcare organizations utilizing this system, as it enables remote exploitation without requiring authentication. Attackers can craft malicious payloads that execute in the context of authenticated users' browsers, potentially leading to session hijacking, data theft, or unauthorized modifications to medical records. Given that the system manages doctor specializations, successful exploitation could compromise the integrity of medical staff information, potentially affecting patient care coordination and hospital administrative functions. The public availability of exploit code increases the likelihood of widespread compromise across multiple installations.
Mitigation strategies should focus on implementing comprehensive input validation and output encoding mechanisms throughout the application. The system requires immediate implementation of proper sanitization routines for all user-supplied data, particularly within the affected PHP file and related functions. Security measures must include the adoption of context-specific output encoding, such as HTML entity encoding for display contexts, and the implementation of Content Security Policy headers to limit script execution. Organizations should also conduct thorough code reviews focusing on the affected component and similar functions throughout the application to identify additional potential XSS vulnerabilities. Regular security assessments and vulnerability scanning should be performed to detect and remediate similar issues before they can be exploited in the wild, aligning with industry standards such as CWE-79 for cross-site scripting vulnerabilities and ATT&CK technique T1566 for social engineering attacks that leverage XSS vulnerabilities.