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I kinda look at it and think 'who writes unstructured dB inserts with unescaped string interpolation in 2024?'
You're assuming this isn't code from 10, 15, 20 years ago.
Places that use the cheapest developers they can; which government websites seem to always do.
The UK government runs on Windows 98 (they've modified it over the years to the point that updating would break everything) and I believe the NHS runs on XP.
I'm sorry to say from experience that's happening right now.
It's worth a try