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Online-Appointment-Booking-System EUVDEUVD-2026-98737

| CVE-2026-109524 MEDIUM
Missing Authorization (CWE-862)
2026-10-13 VulDB GHSA-qq6r-fm6m-5gp5
5.5
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: VulDB
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Reach application over network
  2. Exploit
    Request Admin/showdoctor.php directly
  3. Execution
    Bypass missing authorization check
  4. Impact
    Read admin-only doctor data

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

No special conditions beyond the application being network-reachable - the Admin/showdoctor.php endpoint of Online-Appointment-Booking-System lacks an authorization check, so an unauthenticated remote attacker can invoke it directly (PR:N/UI:N). The primary limiting factors are scope and reach, not configuration: impact is confined to unauthorized reading of admin doctor-display data (VC:L, no write or availability impact), and the affected software is a rolling-release hobby project with no pinned vulnerable/fixed version, so exposure depends on an organization having deployed this specific codebase at all.

Impact

This is a missing-authorization flaw (CWE-862) in the Admin/showdoctor.php page of a small open-source PHP appointment-booking project. The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N) indicates a network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated issue, but the impact is deliberately scoped as VC:L/VI:N/VA:N - only limited confidentiality (unauthorized read of data that should sit behind the admin boundary), with no integrity or availability impact, which is why the base score is only 6.9 (Medium). No EPSS score, SSVC decision, or CISA KEV entry was provided in the input, so widespread or automated exploitation cannot be asserted. A public proof-of-concept exists (reflected in the E:P exploit-maturity metric and the referenced GitHub issue), so the barrier to trying the exploit is low, but the signals together point to a LOW real-world priority rather than an urgent threat: the affected software is an individual's hobby/reference GitHub project with negligible production footprint, the data exposure is limited, and there is no evidence of active exploitation. EPSS is absent (not low), so no probability claim should be made; the dominant limiting factor is prevalence, not exploit difficulty.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A remote, unauthenticated attacker directly requests Admin/showdoctor.php and, because the page performs no authorization check, receives the doctor listing/details that should be restricted to administrators. A public proof-of-concept is available (linked from the project's GitHub issue tracker), so the request can be reproduced with a standard browser or HTTP client with no special tooling.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.5% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 13, 2026

Missing authorization in the Admin/showdoctor.php admin display page of girishsaraf's Online-Appointment-Booking-System allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to directly invoke the endpoint and read administrative doctor-listing data (CWE-862). The project is a rolling-release PHP codebase with no pinned version, so exposure depends entirely on whether an organization has deployed this specific repository; the maintainer was notified through a GitHub issue but has not responded and no vendor patch exists. Publicly available exploit code exists, exploitation requires only network reachability of the affected page, and impact is confined to unauthorized read of admin data with no write or availability effect (per our assessment, CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N); no confirmed active exploitation (CISA KEV) has been reported.

RemediationAI

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis: the maintainer received an issue report at https://github.com/girishsaraf/Online-Appointment-Booking-System/issues/14 but has not responded, and because the project is rolling-release there is no fixed version to upgrade to. Until an upstream fix lands, the most direct compensating control is to add an explicit server-side authorization gate at the top of Admin/showdoctor.php (and the other Admin/* display pages) that verifies an authenticated, admin-privileged session before emitting any content - this is the correct fix but must be self-maintained and re-applied on every upstream pull, which is fragile for a rolling codebase. As an interim network-layer control, restrict the entire /Admin/ path with web-server rules (Apache/nginx deny or require valid auth) or place the application behind a VPN or IP allowlist; the trade-off is that these rules can break legitimate administrator logins and booking workflows if not carefully scoped, so test against the real admin URL set first. If the admin interface is not needed in production, remove or rename the Admin directory outright - a destructive but effective option that eliminates the attack surface. Finally, since exploitation leaves a direct request to Admin/showdoctor.php in access logs, monitor and alert on unauthenticated hits to that path, treating them as attempted reconnaissance even though the page itself only leaks low-sensitivity doctor-display data.

Affected VersionsENISA

Online-Appointment-Booking-System f427b4757128ca253d33d0cc4e87bbb9c999a4d5

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The flaw is a classic CWE-862 Missing Authorization defect in a PHP web application. Admin/showdoctor.php is an administrative display page that renders doctor records, but the script performs no server-side check of session state, role, or privilege before returning that content - there is no equivalent of an 'is this user an authenticated admin?' gate. Because PHP renders the page server-side on each request and the routing is a plain file path under /Admin/, an attacker can simply request the URL directly, bypassing any client-side or UI-level navigation restrictions. The provided CPE, cpe:2.3:a:girishsaraf:online-appointment-booking-system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, uses a wildcard version because the project follows a rolling-release model, meaning no discrete vulnerable or fixed version can be pinned; anyone running a checkout of the repository is potentially affected. The CVSS 4.0 vector supplied with the record (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L) confirms the exploit is network-reachable, requires no privileges and no user interaction, and yields only low-integrity-adjacent confidentiality exposure, matching our independent CVSS 3.1 assessment of C:L/I:N/A:N. Note that the tag 'Authentication Bypass' reflects the practical outcome (accessing admin-only content without authenticating) rather than a broken credential-verification mechanism - the root cause remains a wholly absent authorization decision.

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Severity by source

Vendor (VulDB) PRIMARY 5.5 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
vuln.today AI 5.3 MEDIUM

Endpoint is remotely reachable with no auth or interaction (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N); missing authorization exposes limited data only, so C:L with I:N/A:N.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (VulDB).

CVSS VectorVendor: VulDB

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
Low
Vulnerable system: Integrity
None
Vulnerable system: Availability
None
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

2
CVSS changed
Oct 13, 2026 - 16:22 NVD
6.9 (MEDIUM) 5.5 (MEDIUM)
CVE Published
Oct 13, 2026 - 15:00 cve.org
MEDIUM 6.9

DescriptionCVE.org

A vulnerability was determined in girishsaraf Online-Appointment-Booking-System up to f427b4757128ca253d33d0cc4e87bbb9c999a4d5. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file Admin/showdoctor.php of the component Admin Display Pages. This manipulation causes missing authorization. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. This product adopts a rolling release strategy to maintain continuous delivery. Therefore, version details for affected or updated releases cannot be specified. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 58% exploitable
Prevalence
Rare
individual's hobby GitHub project, no meaningful enterprise or production deployment
Exploit
POC
Public exploit code exists
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC Yes
EPSS 0.5%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
Poc
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
Yes
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

49
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: +1
CVSS: +28
PoC: +20
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.

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