CVE-2023-6649
Published: 10 December 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-6649 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Phpgurukul Teacher Subject Allocation Management System. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique JavaScript (T1059.007); ranked at the 28.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-58872
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability has been found in PHPGurukul Teacher Subject Allocation Management System 1.0 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument searchdata with the input <script>alert(5)</script> leads to cross site…
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scripting. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-247342 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS in public-facing web application enables arbitrary JavaScript execution in victim browsers (T1059.007) via malicious links exploiting the vulnerable search parameter, facilitating exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190).
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.