A vulnerability has been found in SourceCodester Simple Doctors Appointment System up to 1.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /doctors_appointment/admin/ajax.php?action=save_category. Such manipulation of the argument img leads to unrestricted upload. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Metrics

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Sourcecodester
  • Simple Doctors Appointment System

No data.

No data.

References
Link Providers
https://www.spirityenterprise.com/pentest spirity
https://www.spirityenterprise.com/managed-detection-response spirity
https://github.com/dyh1213-wq/cve/issues/5 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/submit/780375 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/354249 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/354249/cti cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.sourcecodester.com/ cve-icon cve-icon
History

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Sourcecodester
Sourcecodester simple Doctors Appointment System
Vendors & Products Sourcecodester
Sourcecodester simple Doctors Appointment System

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 05:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A vulnerability has been found in SourceCodester Simple Doctors Appointment System up to 1.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /doctors_appointment/admin/ajax.php?action=save_category. Such manipulation of the argument img leads to unrestricted upload. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Title SourceCodester Simple Doctors Appointment System ajax.php unrestricted upload
Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-434
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-31T15:36:15.911Z

Reserved: 2026-03-30T18:59:02.832Z

Link: CVE-2026-5181

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-31T15:36:12.386Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-03-31T05:16:12.357

Modified: 2026-04-01T14:24:02.583

Link: CVE-2026-5181

cve-icon Redhat

No data.