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CVE-2025-8955VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2025-8955: PHPGurukul Hospital Management System · SQL Injection

Affects PHPGurukul Hospital Management SystemSource CVE Database V5

0

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.9 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
6.9Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 45% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
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

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 14 Aug 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
PHPGurukul Hospital Management SystemAffected
  • =4.0
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Given the absence of an official patch, European healthcare organizations should immediately implement compensating controls. These include: 1) Applying strict input validation and sanitization on the 'docfees' parameter at the web application firewall (WAF) or reverse proxy level to block malicious SQL payloads. 2) Restricting access to the /admin/edit-doctor.php endpoint to trusted IP addresses or VPN users only, minimizing exposure. 3) Conducting thorough code reviews and applying manual patches to sanitize inputs if possible. 4) Monitoring database logs and application logs for unusual queries or errors indicative of injection attempts. 5) Employing database-level protections such as least privilege principles for the database user account used by the application, limiting the potential damage of injection. 6) Preparing incident response plans specific to healthcare data breaches and ensuring backups are up to date and tested. 7) Engaging with the vendor or community for updates or patches and planning for an upgrade to a fixed version once available.

Description

A vulnerability has been found in PHPGurukul Hospital Management System 4.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /admin/edit-doctor.php. The manipulation of the argument docfees leads to sql injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

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