# CVE-2023-7172: PHPGurukul Hospital Management System Admin Dashboard sql injection

> Remote attackers can perform SQL injection on the admin dashboard to read or modify data, requiring authentication.

- **Severity:** High 7.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Dec 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q9vx-ghgh-pcqv

## What is CVE-2023-7172?

CVE-2023-7172 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Phpgurukul Hospital Management System, published on 30 Dec 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in PHPGurukul Hospital Management System 1.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Admin Dashboard. The manipulation leads to sql injection. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-249356.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-7172?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Phpgurukul Hospital Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-7172?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-7172 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-7172 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-7172 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- https://github.com/sharathc213/CVE-2023-7172 (github_poc): https://github.com/sharathc213/CVE-2023-7172

## Other vulnerabilities in Phpgurukul Hospital Management System

- [CVE-2025-56212](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-56212/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-56214](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-56214/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-51360](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-51360/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-26629](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-26629/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-31498](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-31498/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-7172 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-7172 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Phpgurukul Hospital Management System, published on 30 Dec 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-7172 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Phpgurukul Hospital Management System. 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-2023-7172/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7172/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-7172
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-7172
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-7172

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7172/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.