CVE-2026-5181
SourceCodester Simple Doctors Appointment System ajax.php unrestricted upload
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
SourceCodester Simple Doctors Appointment System ajax.php unrestricted upload
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.
- Record
CVE-2026-5181- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
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 - CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
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 - CVSS 3.0
- 6.3 Medium
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 - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR - Weakness
- CWE-434, CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-17327
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.
- Record
EUVD-2026-17327- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h9w9-2ggg-hqfx
A vulnerability has been found in SourceCodester Simple Doctors Appointment System up to 1.0....
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.
- Record
GHSA-h9w9-2ggg-hqfx- CVSS 4.0
- 2.1 Low
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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2026-5181- CVSS 4.0
- 2.1 Low
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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-284, CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-5181 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Sourcecodester Simple Doctors Appointment System, published March 31, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.21%, the 11th percentile. No source names a fixed version.