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Plain-English summary
CVE-2020-22165 is a SQL injection issue in PHPGurukul Hospital Management System in PHP v4.0, specifically the user login page. The record says remote unauthenticated users can obtain sensitive database information. No CVSS score, official affected CPE, patch details, or active exploitation evidence is provided in the supplied sources.
Executive priority
Treat this as a high-priority confidentiality risk for any exposed hospital management deployment. Prioritize discovery and access restriction first, because the bundle names no official patch and the issue is unauthenticated.
Technical view
The vulnerability is reported in \hms\user-login.php of PHPGurukul Hospital Management System v4.0. It is described as remotely exploitable without authentication and impacting database confidentiality. Supplied metadata does not include CWE, CVSS, fixed version, vendor advisory, or confirmed exploit-in-the-wild status.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely where PHPGurukul Hospital Management System v4.0 is deployed and the /hms/user-login.php route is reachable from users or the internet. The source bundle does not provide CPEs or broader affected-version evidence.
Exploitation context
The CVE record and referenced GitHub page support public disclosure of a SQL injection condition. CISA KEV status is false in the bundle, so there is no supplied evidence of active exploitation at scale.
Researcher notes
Evidence is thin: the bundle identifies product, version, path, and impact, but lacks CVSS, CWE, CPEs, vendor fix information, and KEV confirmation. Avoid assuming additional affected versions or exploitation beyond the cited disclosure.
Mitigation direction
- Check PHPGurukul or project guidance for a fixed release or official remediation.
- Restrict public access to /hms/user-login.php until remediation is verified.
- Review and harden database permissions used by the application account.
- Rotate database credentials if suspicious access or data exposure is found.
- Use parameterized database queries after code review confirms the vulnerable path.
Validation and detection
- Inventory systems running PHPGurukul Hospital Management System v4.0.
- Confirm whether /hms/user-login.php is reachable without authentication.
- Review application and web server logs for suspicious login-page activity.
- Check database logs for unusual reads from the application account.
- Verify any upgrade or code change against the login workflow.
Public sources used
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- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/itodaro/PHPGurukul_Hospital_Management_System4.0_cveCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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