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Plain-English summary
CVE-2020-22174 describes an unauthenticated SQL injection in PHPGurukul Hospital Management System in PHP v4.0. A public-facing appointment booking page may let attackers access sensitive database information. The record does not provide CVSS scoring, confirmed affected CPEs, or vendor remediation details.
Executive priority
Prioritize near-term review if this system handles patient, appointment, or administrative data and is internet-facing. The business risk is sensitive database exposure from an unauthenticated web route, but urgency is tempered by missing CVSS, patch, and exploitation evidence.
Technical view
The CVE names \hms\book-appointment.php in PHPGurukul Hospital Management System in PHP v4.0 as vulnerable to SQL injection. The described impact is unauthorized retrieval of sensitive database information by remote unauthenticated users. Source data does not include parameters, patch status, CVSS, CWE, or official affected product metadata.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely where PHPGurukul Hospital Management System in PHP v4.0 is deployed and its appointment booking page is reachable by unauthenticated users, especially from the internet.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or active exploitation claims. It does include a public GitHub reference, and the CVE description states remote unauthenticated exploitation is possible. Treat exploit status as public technical disclosure, not confirmed in-the-wild activity.
Researcher notes
Evidence is limited to the CVE description and a GitHub reference. The CVE record lacks CVSS, CWE, CPEs, affected vendor metadata, and remediation details. Avoid broad product assumptions beyond PHPGurukul Hospital Management System in PHP v4.0 and the named booking file.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory any PHPGurukul HMS v4.0 deployments and exposed booking routes.
- Check vendor or project guidance for an official patch or upgraded release.
- Restrict unauthenticated internet access to the appointment booking workflow where feasible.
- Have developers review database queries for parameterized handling in the booking path.
- Review database and web logs for suspicious access to booking endpoints.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether PHPGurukul Hospital Management System in PHP v4.0 is present.
- Verify whether \hms\book-appointment.php is externally reachable.
- Check web logs for unusual requests to the appointment booking page.
- Assess whether sensitive database records could have been accessed.
- Document compensating controls if no vendor patch is available.
Public sources used
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- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
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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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