Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as low-privilege user
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DeliveryCraft appointment booking request
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ExploitInject malformed day/time/appdate values
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ExecutionBypass input validation in patappointtime.php
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ImpactCorrupt booking data / disrupt scheduling
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Input validation, allowlisting
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation targets the Appointment Booking component, specifically the day, time, and appdate arguments handled by patappointtime.php. It requires an authenticated low-privilege account on the application (CVSS PR:L) and passive user interaction (UI:P), limiting it to users who already have booking access rather than anonymous internet attackers. No special non-default configuration is named in the sources; the trigger is improper validation of the appointment parameters (CWE-20). Limiting factors: the required authentication and user interaction, the low impact (no confidentiality, only low integrity/availability), and the fact that the PoC is an unverified issue-report reference rather than confirmed working exploit code. No vendor fix exists, as the project has not responded. |
| Impact | This is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.0 base 5.1), low-priority issue in practice. The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L) indicates a network-reachable flaw that nonetheless requires authenticated low-privilege access (PR:L) plus passive user interaction (UI:P), and yields only low integrity and low availability impact with NO confidentiality impact (VC:N). The vuln.today decision label is 'this_month' - not act_now or emergency - which is consistent with the modest impact profile. There is no CISA KEV listing and no EPSS score in the supplied data, so there is no signal of active or widespread exploitation. The input records a PoC as a reference only (a GitHub issue report tagged 'exploit'), explicitly 'not verified as working exploit code,' so exploit maturity is low (E:P). Note a conflict worth flagging: the Tags include 'Information Disclosure,' yet the CVSS vector sets VC:N (no confidentiality impact) and the description frames the issue as improper input validation affecting integrity/availability - verify the actual impact with the source, as the 'Information Disclosure' label is not supported by the vector. Overall this reads as a genuine-but-minor input-validation bug in an unmaintained hobby project, not a priority emergency. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An authenticated low-privilege user of the Online Clinic Management System submits a crafted appointment-booking request to patappointtime.php with malformed day, time, or appdate values that bypass input validation, corrupting booking data or disrupting the scheduling function. A public PoC reference exists (a project GitHub issue), but it is not verified as working exploit code, so real-world reliability is unconfirmed. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 22, 2026
Improper input validation in the Appointment Booking component of subhajitkhan's Online Clinic Management System (source tree up to commit e9ee77a) lets a logged-in low-privilege user tamper with the day, time and appdate parameters handled by patappointtime.php. The result is low-integrity and low-availability impact on booking data with no confidentiality exposure, rated 5.1 under CVSS 4.0; exploitation requires an authenticated booking-capable account and some user interaction. The project maintainer was notified through an issue report but has not responded, and the referenced public PoC is an unverified issue-report link rather than confirmed working exploit code, so no public working exploit has been established at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch has been identified at time of analysis: the project was informed through https://github.com/subhajitkhan/online-clinic-management-system/issues/11 but has not responded, and no fixed commit or version is listed in the VulDB advisory (https://vuldb.com/vuln/425222). Until an upstream fix appears, treat the Appointment Booking flow as untrusted: restrict booking accounts to vetted staff or patients rather than broad self-registration, since the vulnerability requires an authenticated low-privilege session (PR:L) and the exposure is limited to whoever holds such an account. Add strict server-side validation and type/range checks on the day, time and appdate parameters at patappointtime.php, or front the application with a reverse proxy/WAF rule set that rejects malformed or unexpected values for those parameters - the trade-off is potential false positives on legitimate booking submissions and the need to keep the rule set in sync with the application's accepted formats. Where the application is not business-critical, isolate it behind network access controls or a VPN to reduce reachable attack surface, acknowledging that this does not remove the underlying flaw and degrades usability for legitimate remote users. Monitor booking records for unexpected appointment mutations as a detection control, and plan to re-apply the official upstream fix and re-test the booking handler once the maintainer publishes one.
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The affected software is a PHP-based clinic/appointment web application distributed as a GitHub source tree rather than a versioned release, which is why the CPE string is an unbounded wildcard (cpe:2.3:a:subhajitkhan:online-clinic-management-system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) and the advisory pins the snapshot to commit e9ee77a8827a1446220fa07ee693dc4d9a29a578. The root cause falls under CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation): the Appointment Booking handler in patappointtime.php accepts the day, time and appdate arguments without adequate validation before they are used, allowing values to be manipulated by the caller. Because the code is served over HTTP, the vector is network-reachable (AV:N), but the practical attack path is gated by an authenticated booking session (PR:L) plus passive user interaction (UI:P). The flaw affects integrity and availability only at low severity (VI:L/VA:L) and leaves confidentiality unaffected. The precise server-side code path and the exact consequence of malformed appointment values are not described in the available sources; the trigger class is known (missing validation of the three parameters) but the downstream effect is unverified.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
Network-reachable but requires an authenticated low-privilege booking user (PR:L) and user interaction (UI:R); improper validation yields low integrity/availability impact and no confidentiality (C:N).
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3DescriptionCVE.org
A flaw has been found in subhajitkhan online-clinic-management-system up to e9ee77a8827a1446220fa07ee693dc4d9a29a578. Impacted is an unknown function of the file patappointtime.php of the component Appointment Booking. This manipulation of the argument day/time/appdate causes improper input validation. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been published and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
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Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
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