SQL Injection in Kishan0725 Hospital Management System

Executive Summary

The Hospital Management System 4.0 has a SQL Injection vulnerability in the view-patient.php file. This flaw allows attackers to manipulate database queries by injecting malicious SQL code through the viewid parameter.

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Detection Guidance

To detect SQL Injection in /hms/doctor/view-patient.php, test the viewid parameter with common SQLi payloads like ' OR 1=1 -- or ' OR '1'='1. Use tools like SQLmap with: sqlmap -u "http://target/hms/doctor/view-patient.php?viewid=1" --batch. Alternatively, Burp Suite or OWASP ZAP can intercept and modify requests to test for vulnerabilities.

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Impact Analysis

This vulnerability could allow unauthorized access to sensitive patient data, enable data manipulation or deletion, and potentially compromise the entire hospital management system's database integrity.

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Compliance Impact

This vulnerability likely violates HIPAA due to unauthorized access to protected health information and GDPR due to insufficient protection of personal data, potentially resulting in legal penalties and reputational damage.

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Mitigation Strategies

Immediately patch the Hospital Management System to the latest version. Apply input validation to sanitize the viewid parameter. Use prepared statements in the PHP code to prevent SQL Injection. Restrict database user permissions to limit damage if exploited.

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