CVE-2023-7173
XSS in Phpgurukul Hospital Management System 1.0
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2023-7173 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Phpgurukul Hospital Management System. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Protocol or Service Impersonation (T1001.003); ranked in the top 27% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in PHPGurukul Hospital Management System 1.0 within the registration.php file. Manipulation of the First Name argument permits injection of malicious scripts, assigned CWE-79 and rated 4.3 on CVSS 3.1 with network attack vector and no required privileges.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply crafted input during registration to trigger script execution in victims' browsers. The attack achieves limited impact on integrity while leaving confidentiality and availability unaffected, and a working exploit has been made public.
Public references consist of a GitHub repository and shared proof-of-concept files along with Vuldb entries; none of these sources describe vendor patches, workarounds, or official mitigation steps. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.1142 with no observed increase after disclosure.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-59354
Vulnerability Data
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in PHPGurukul Hospital Management System 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the file registration.php. The manipulation of the argument First Name leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to…
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initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-249357 was assigned to this vulnerability.
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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.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices directly target introduction of XSS via coding standards/testing (mostly), yet the single broad outcome leaves many specific neutralization vectors unaddressed (partial).
Patching and EOL replacement can remediate known XSS instances in libraries or frameworks (partial) but do nothing to enforce input neutralization in application code (none).
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
A.5.6 only promotes membership in groups to improve knowledge, receive alerts, and share information; it performs no action that stops XSS exploitation (or even the underlying neutralization defect) and is a pure dependency for other controls per the owner's labeling rule.