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Plain-English summary
CVE-2021-35387 is a SQL injection issue in the referenced Hospital Management System v4.0 admin patient-view page. A logged-in attacker could potentially read, change, or disrupt backend database data. The source bundle does not identify a vendor patch or active exploitation.
Executive priority
Treat as a high-priority application risk if this system is deployed. The main business concern is unauthorized access to patient or operational data, but urgency depends on whether the vulnerable application is present and reachable.
Technical view
The issue is CWE-89 SQL injection in hospital/hms/admin/view-patient.php. CVSS 3.1 is 8.8, with network access, low attack complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure appears limited to deployments of Hospital Management System v4.0 or derived codebases containing the vulnerable admin view-patient.php behavior. The CVE metadata lists affected vendor and product as n/a, so asset owners must verify by application name, version, and code path.
Exploitation context
The bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or cited evidence of active exploitation. The CVSS vector indicates remote exploitation is plausible where an attacker has low-privileged application access and can reach the affected admin page.
Researcher notes
Evidence is sparse: the CVE names the vulnerable file and SQL injection class, but affected CPEs, fixed versions, and patch details are not supplied. Focus validation on code provenance, version confirmation, route exposure, and authenticated role reachability.
Mitigation direction
- Check project or vendor guidance for an official fixed release or patch.
- Restrict access to the admin interface to trusted users and networks.
- If maintaining the code, use parameterized queries for database access.
- Review logs for suspicious admin patient-view requests.
- Back up the database before applying application changes.
Validation and detection
- Inventory any deployments of Hospital Management System v4.0 or forks.
- Confirm whether hospital/hms/admin/view-patient.php exists in deployed code.
- Review the patient-view database query handling for unsafe input concatenation.
- Verify admin routes require authentication and least-privilege access.
- Use authorized, non-destructive testing only; avoid production impact.
Public sources used
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CWE-89: Database access and collection lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 8.8 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H2.85.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
8.8HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CWE details
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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.