# CVE-2026-16490: itsourcecode Hospital Management System SQL injection in prescription.php

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-16490-itsourcecode-hospital-management-system-sql-injection-in  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-07-22. Updated: 2026-07-22  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-16490 · Severity: medium · CVSS 6.3 · Published 2026-07-22

A security vulnerability exists in the itsourcecode Hospital Management System, a software platform used for managing medical records and prescriptions. An attacker with basic user credentials can exploit this flaw to gain unauthorized access to the underlying database. This could lead to the exposure of sensitive patient information, unauthorized modification of medical records, or disruption of hospital operations.

Technologies: [Itsourcecode Hospital Management System Project In PHP](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/hospital-management-system-project-in-php). Vendors: [Itsourcecode](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/itsourcecode).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-16490 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-16490 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-16490?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.3, published 22 July 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Itsourcecode Hospital Management System Project In PHP 1.0.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-16490?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**How is CVE-2026-16490 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-16490?** Check whether you run Itsourcecode Hospital Management System Project In PHP at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Technical details

A SQL injection vulnerability exists in the itsourcecode Hospital Management System 1.0 within the '/prescription.php' component. The application fails to properly sanitize or validate the 'editid' GET parameter before using it in a SQL query. An attacker with valid low-privileged credentials can exploit this by providing a malicious payload (e.g., time-based blind SQLi) to manipulate database queries. Successful exploitation can lead to unauthorized data extraction, modification, or deletion. A public exploit (PoC) using sqlmap has been released. Developers are advised to implement prepared statements and parameter binding to mitigate this issue.

## Affected products

- itsourcecode Hospital Management System Project In PHP 1.0

## Timeline

- 2026-06-16: disclosed: Initial discovery and report on GitHub by shohatmedhat535-dotcom
- 2026-07-22: advisory: NVD and VulDB published the advisory

## References

- [https://github.com/shohatmedhat535-dotcom/cve-records/issues/1](https://github.com/shohatmedhat535-dotcom/cve-records/issues/1)
- [https://itsourcecode.com/](https://itsourcecode.com/)
- [https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-16490](https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-16490)
- [https://vuldb.com/submit/860032](https://vuldb.com/submit/860032)
- [https://vuldb.com/vuln/380947](https://vuldb.com/vuln/380947)
- [https://vuldb.com/vuln/380947/cti](https://vuldb.com/vuln/380947/cti)

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