CVE-2026-1550
Published: 28 January 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-1550 is a medium-severity Incorrect Privilege Assignment (CWE-266) vulnerability in Phpgurukul Hospital Management System. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 28.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AC-6 (Least Privilege).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2026-1550 is an improper authorization vulnerability (CWE-266, CWE-285) in PHPGurukul Hospital Management System 1.0. The issue affects an unknown functionality in the file /hms/hospital/docappsystem/adminviews.py within the Admin Dashboard Page component. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L) and was published on 2026-01-28.
Remote attackers with low privileges, such as authenticated users, can exploit this vulnerability by manipulating the affected component to bypass authorization controls. Successful exploitation enables limited impacts, including low-level disclosure of confidential information, modification of data, and denial of service affecting availability.
References include a GitHub repository at https://github.com/rsecroot/Hospital-Management-System/blob/main/Broken%20Access%20Control.md detailing the broken access control issue, the vendor site at https://phpgurukul.com/, and VulDB entries at https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.343246, https://vuldb.com/?id.343246, and https://vuldb.com/?submit.739837. These sources do not specify patches or mitigations in the available details.
The exploit has been publicly released, enabling potential real-world attacks against exposed deployments of this system.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-4978
Vulnerability details
A security flaw has been discovered in PHPGurukul Hospital Management System 1.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /hms/hospital/docappsystem/adminviews.py of the component Admin Dashboard Page. Performing a manipulation results in improper authorization. Remote exploitation of…
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the attack is possible. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Improper authorization (CWE-285/266) in a web app admin component directly enables remote exploitation of a public-facing application (T1190) and abuse for unauthorized privilege escalation (T1068) from low-privileged accounts.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly enforces approved authorizations on the affected adminviews.py endpoint, blocking the improper authorization bypass described in the CVE.
Limits privileges of authenticated users (PR:L) so that even a successful bypass yields only the minimal access needed for assigned tasks.
Requires explicit, documented access-control decisions for the Admin Dashboard component, reducing the chance of missing or flawed authorization logic.