CVE-2022-29004
Published: 23 May 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-29004 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Phpgurukul E-Diary Management System. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 2.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis
Diary Management System v1.0 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Name parameter processed by search-result.php. The flaw is tracked as CWE-79 and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.1, reflecting network attack vector, low complexity, and no required authentication.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply a crafted Name value that is reflected and executed in the browser of any user who visits the resulting search page, enabling theft of session cookies, redirection, or other client-side actions within the affected application context.
Public references include the vendor site phpgurukul.com and a detailed proof-of-concept on GitHub, but no official patch or mitigation guidance is provided in the available sources. The EPSS score sits at 0.397 with no documented rise after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-33434
Vulnerability details
Diary Management System v1.0 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the Name parameter in search-result.php.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.