SourceCodester Medical Certificate Generator App action.php sql injection

published 2023-02-10 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-12791

cvss: 7.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability has been found in SourceCodester Medical Certificate Generator App 1.0 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file action.php. The manipulation of the argument lastname leads to sql injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-220558 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Exploit prediction

0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3oK5jebx_I referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA	3.0	7.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

SourceCodester Medical Certificate Generator App

Classification

Weakness

CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

References

youtube.com /watch?v=s3oK5jebx_I
media-coverage, exploit, third-party-advisory
vuldb.com /?id.220558
vdb-entry, technical-description, third-party-advisory
vuldb.com /?ctiid.220558
signature, permissions-required, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-0774
NVD CVE-2023-0774

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Summary