Vulnerability · Published Sep 20, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2026-93997SourceCodester Drug Recommendation System edit_symptom.php sql injection

High 7.3

In plain English

A high-severity SQL injection in Drug Recommendation System from SourceCodester. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 37% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.3High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 62.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A weakness has been identified in SourceCodester Drug Recommendation System 1.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /Admin/edit_symptom.php. This manipulation of the argument ID causes sql injection. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
SourceCodester	Drug Recommendation System	1.0

Weakness: CWE-89, CWE-74 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

References

VDB-407948 | SourceCodester Drug Recommendation System edit_symptom.php sql injection vdb-entry, technical-description
VDB-407948 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
CVE-2026-93997 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
Submit #944843 | SourceCodester Drug Recommendation System Using Machine Learning, PHP, and MySQL Database 1.0 SQL Injection third-party-advisory
https://github.com/KaranParelkar/Drug_recommendation_system/blob/main/sqli/edit_symptom_id_parameter/Readme.md exploit
https://www.sourcecodester.com/ product