# CVE-2026-1550: PHPGurukul Hospital Management System Admin Dashboard adminviews.py improper authorization

> Remote attackers can bypass authorization in the admin dashboard to perform unauthorized actions due to improper access controls.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **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:** 28 Jan 2026
- **Updated:** 23 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-457r-j4jw-r8c4

## What is CVE-2026-1550?

CVE-2026-1550 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Phpgurukul Hospital Management System, published on 28 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A security flaw has been discovered in PHPGurukul Hospital Management System 1.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /hms/hospital/docappsystem/adminviews.py of the component Admin Dashboard Page. Performing a manipulation results in improper authorization. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks.

Weakness: CWE-285 (Improper Authorization), CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-1550?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Phpgurukul Hospital Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-1550?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-1550 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-1550 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-1550 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## 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-2026-1550 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-1550 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Phpgurukul Hospital Management System, published on 28 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-1550 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-2026-1550/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1550/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-1550
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-1550
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-1550

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1550/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.