# CVE-2026-3170: SourceCodester/Patrick Mvuma Patients Waiting Area Queue Management System patient-search.php cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via patient name fields in the queue management system, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Feb 2026
- **Updated:** 25 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mf59-ffwh-5qhw

## What is CVE-2026-3170?

CVE-2026-3170 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Patrick Mvuma Patients Waiting Area Queue Management System, published on 25 Feb 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability was detected in SourceCodester/Patrick Mvuma Patients Waiting Area Queue Management System 1.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file /patient-search.php. The manipulation of the argument First Name/Last Name results in cross site scripting. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code), CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-3170?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Pamzey Patients Waiting Area Queue Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-3170?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-3170 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-3170 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-3170 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Patrick Mvuma Patients Waiting Area Queue Management System

- [CVE-2025-64081](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-64081/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-3817](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-3817/): SourceCodester Patients Waiting Area Queue Management System patient-search.php improper authorization (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-13248](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13248/): SourceCodester Patients Waiting Area Queue Management System api_patient_schedule.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-13122](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13122/): SQL injection in Patients Waiting Area Queue Management System (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-63718](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-63718/): SQL injection in n/a (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-3170 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-3170 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Patrick Mvuma Patients Waiting Area Queue Management System, published on 25 Feb 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-3170 exists.

Affected product: Patrick Mvuma Patients Waiting Area Queue 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-2026-3170/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-3170/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3170
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3170
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-3170

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-3170/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.