{"id":68736,"date":"2025-08-31T04:08:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T04:08:40","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-06T11:54:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T17:54:37","slug":"cve-2025-56214-high-risk-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-phpgurukul-hospital-management-system-4-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-56214-high-risk-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-phpgurukul-hospital-management-system-4-0\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-56214: High-Risk SQL Injection Vulnerability in phpgurukul Hospital Management System 4.0<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE-2025-56214 is a high-severity vulnerability that has been identified in the phpgurukul Hospital Management System 4.0. This vulnerability, an SQL Injection flaw, leaves the software susceptible to potential data breaches and system compromise. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-55444-severe-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-online-artwork-and-fine-arts-mca-project-1-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"76706\">SQL Injection<\/a> is a common web application attack that manipulates the SQL queries to gain unauthorized access to the database. Given that the Hospital Management System stores sensitive patient and hospital data, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54689-high-risk-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-urna\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"76603\">vulnerability poses a significant risk<\/a> to confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-56214<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS: 9.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-42950-sap-landscape-transformation-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"77525\">Potential system<\/a> compromise and data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2678131554\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>phpgurukul <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-41531-sql-injection-vulnerabilities-in-hospital-management-system-v4\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"78689\">Hospital Management System<\/a> | 4.0<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-55345-arbitrary-file-overwrite-and-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-codex-cli\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"76801\">vulnerability arises in the index.php file<\/a> of the phpgurukul Hospital Management System, wherein the &#8216;username&#8217; parameter is not properly sanitized before being used within an SQL query. An attacker can exploit this by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48169-critical-code-injection-vulnerability-in-jordy-meow-code-engine\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"76539\">injecting malicious SQL code<\/a> into the &#8216;username&#8217; field in the login form. This malicious SQL code can modify the query to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-26009-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-in-fortinet-products\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"76578\">bypass authentication<\/a>, extract sensitive data, or even execute commands with database privileges.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-642402518\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>An example HTTP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52797-critical-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability-in-josepsitjar-storymap\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79386\">request exploiting this vulnerability<\/a> could look like this:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/index.php HTTP\/1.1\nHost: targetHospital.com\nusername=&#039; OR &#039;1&#039;=&#039;1&#039;; -- &amp;password=anything<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the SQL statement in the back-end might look something like this:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">SELECT * FROM users WHERE username=&#039;&#039; OR &#039;1&#039;=&#039;1&#039;; -- &#039; AND password=&#039;anything&#039;<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>As &#8216;1&#8217; equals &#8216;1&#8217; is always true, this SQL statement will return the first user in the users table. If that user is an administrator, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-25268-unauthenticated-adjacent-attacker-accessing-api-endpoint\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"77695\">attacker will gain administrative access<\/a> to the Hospital Management System.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation and Prevention<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Users of the phpgurukul Hospital Management <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54987-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-trend-micro-apex-one-management-console\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"78237\">System<\/a> 4.0 are advised to apply the vendor patch immediately to remediate this vulnerability. In the absence of a patch, the use of a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can provide temporary mitigation. However, these are not long-term solutions, as they only detect and prevent known exploits, and may not defend against new or modified attacks.<br \/>\nAdditionally, developers should also follow best practices such as the use of parameterized queries or prepared statements to prevent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-41524-critical-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-student-attendance-management-system\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"76283\">SQL injection vulnerabilities<\/a> from arising in the first place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview CVE-2025-56214 is a high-severity vulnerability that has been identified in the phpgurukul Hospital Management System 4.0. This vulnerability, an SQL Injection flaw, leaves the software susceptible to potential data breaches and system compromise. SQL Injection is a common web application attack that manipulates the SQL queries to gain unauthorized access to the database. 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