What is CVE-2023-43909?

CVE-2023-43909 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Hospital Management System Project, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2023-09-29.

How severe is CVE-2023-43909?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-43909 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

SQL Injection in Hospital Management System Project

CVE-2023-43909

Hospital Management System thru commit 4770d was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via the app_contact parameter in appsearch.php.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2023-09-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (55.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 55.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.008 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Hospital Management System Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.notion.so/SQL-Injection-vulnerability-in-app_contact-parameter-on-appsearch… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-43909?: CVE-2023-43909 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Hospital Management System Project, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2023-09-29.
How severe is CVE-2023-43909?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-43909 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.