CVE-2026-9355: SourceCodester Hospitals Patient Records Management System SQL injection in Master.php

CVE-2026-9355 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.3 · Published 2026-05-24

A vulnerability has been identified in the SourceCodester Hospitals Patient Records Management System, a web application used for managing medical patient data. An attacker can exploit this flaw to gain unauthorized access to the underlying database without needing a username or password. This could lead to the theft of sensitive patient records, unauthorized modification of medical history, or a complete disruption of the system's operations.

Technologies: SourceCodester Hospitals Patient Records Management System. Vendors: SourceCodester.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-9355 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-9355 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-9355?
High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.3, published 24 May 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
SourceCodester Hospitals Patient Records Management System 1.0.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-9355?
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-2026-9355 attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-9355?
Check whether you run SourceCodester Hospitals Patient Records Management System 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 SourceCodester Hospitals Patient Records Management System 1.0 within the '/classes/Master.php' file. The 'save_patient_history' function fails to properly sanitize or validate the 'id' parameter before using it in a database query. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by sending a specially crafted HTTP POST request containing malicious SQL commands. Successful exploitation allows for unauthorized database access, data exfiltration, and potential system compromise. A public exploit (PoC) using boolean-based blind SQL injection has been disclosed.

Affected products

  • SourceCodester Hospitals Patient Records Management System 1.0

Timeline

  • 2026-04-25: disclosed: Vulnerability reported on GitHub by user zzb1388
  • 2026-05-24: advisory: CVE published by VulDB/NVD

References

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