# CVE-2022-4012: Hospital Management Center patient-info.php sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in patient-info.php to access or modify patient data in Hospital Management Center.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 15 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c2xw-mj3m-66cw

## What is CVE-2022-4012?

CVE-2022-4012 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in unspecified Hospital Management Center, published on 16 Nov 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Hospital Management Center. Affected is an unknown function of the file patient-info.php. The manipulation of the argument pt_id leads to sql injection. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-213786 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command), CWE-707 (Improper Neutralization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4012?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hospital Management Center Project Hospital Management Center.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-4012?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4012 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-4012 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-4012 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in unspecified Hospital Management Center

- [CVE-2022-4013](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4013/): Hospital Management Center appointment.php cross-site request forgery (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-4012 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-4012 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in unspecified Hospital Management Center, published on 16 Nov 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-4012 exists.

Affected product: unspecified Hospital Management Center. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4012/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4012/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4012
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4012
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-4012

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4012/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.