{"id":71407,"date":"2025-09-04T23:49:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T23:49:11","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-03T23:55:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T05:55:34","slug":"cve-2025-56216-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-phpgurukul-hospital-management-system-4-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-56216-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-phpgurukul-hospital-management-system-4-0\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-56216: SQL Injection Vulnerability in phpgurukul Hospital Management System 4.0<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability we are going to discuss, identified by the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID CVE-2025-56216, is a significant security loophole in the phpgurukul Hospital Management System 4.0. This vulnerability can expose the system to a potential SQL Injection attack, which might lead to system compromise or data leakage. It primarily affects healthcare providers using the said version of the phpgurukul <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-41528-sql-injection-vulnerabilities-in-hospital-management-system-v4\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79216\">Hospital Management System<\/a>, and it matters because it poses a risk to the confidentiality and integrity of sensitive patient data stored in the system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-56216<br \/>\nSeverity: High (8.5 CVSS score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7384-php-object-injection-vulnerability-in-wordpress-plugin-leads-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79015\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-622814665\" 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: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\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: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\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: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>phpgurukul Hospital <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-41520-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-student-attendance-management-system-v1\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79223\">Management System<\/a> | 4.0<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit takes advantage of insufficient input validation in the &#8216;about-us.php&#8217; file of the phpgurukul Hospital <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-41522-sql-injection-vulnerabilities-in-student-attendance-management-system-v1\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79225\">Management System<\/a> 4.0. The &#8216;pagetitle&#8217; parameter in the file is susceptible to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6184-time-based-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-tutor-lms-pro-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79101\">SQL Injection<\/a> attacks. An attacker can craft malicious SQL commands and include them in the &#8216;pagetitle&#8217; parameter. When this parameter is processed by the backend server, the malicious SQL commands get executed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-55731-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-frappe-framework-leading-to-potential-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79255\">potentially leading<\/a> to unauthorized access, data manipulation, or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1569882751\" 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>Below is a conceptual example of how an attacker might exploit this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54007-untrusted-data-deserialization-vulnerability-in-pickplugins-post-grid-and-gutenberg-blocks\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79079\">vulnerability using an HTTP POST<\/a> request:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/about-us.php HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/x-www-form-urlencoded\npagetitle=&#039;; DROP TABLE Patients; --<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the above code, the value of the &#8216;pagetitle&#8217; parameter is a malicious SQL command (&#8216;; DROP TABLE Patients; &#8211;&#8216;) aiming to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-42916-high-impact-database-table-deletion-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"88668\">delete the Patients table from the database<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation and Prevention<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are two recommended courses of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7734-critical-gitlab-ce-ee-vulnerability-allows-unauthorized-actions-by-attackers\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79514\">action to mitigate this vulnerability<\/a>. The first and most effective solution is to apply a vendor-supplied patch. If such a patch is not immediately available, implementing a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can serve as a temporary mitigation measure. Additionally, to prevent such vulnerabilities, it&#8217;s advisable to follow secure coding practices, such as proper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-24325-improper-input-validation-in-intel-r-800-series-ethernet-driver-allows-potential-escalation-of-privilege\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"80473\">input validation<\/a> and parameterized queries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The vulnerability we are going to discuss, identified by the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID CVE-2025-56216, is a significant security loophole in the phpgurukul Hospital Management System 4.0. This vulnerability can expose the system to a potential SQL Injection attack, which might lead to system compromise or data leakage. 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