Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-6297

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 26 November 2023

Published
26 November 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0018 40.0th percentile
Risk Priority 9 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-6297 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Phpgurukul Nipah Virus Testing Management System. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 40.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

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Vulnerability details

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in PHPGurukul Nipah Virus Testing Management System 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the file patient-search-report.php of the component Search Report Page. The manipulation of the argument Search By Patient Name…

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with the input <script>alert(document.cookie)</script> leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-246123.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1059.007 JavaScript Execution
Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.
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T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie Credential Access
An adversary may steal web application or service session cookies and use them to gain access to web applications or Internet services as an authenticated user without needing credentials.
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Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS in public-facing web app enables exploitation (T1190), arbitrary JavaScript execution in victim browsers (T1059.007), and session cookie theft as shown in PoC (T1539).

Affected Assets

phpgurukul
nipah virus testing management system
1.0

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.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering
addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

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