CVE-2024-11676
Published: 26 November 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-11676 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Hospital Management System Project Hospital Management System. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 32.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-33953
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in CodeAstro Hospital Management System 1.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /backend/admin/his_admin_add_lab_equipment.php of the component Add Laboratory Equipment Page. The manipulation of the argument eqp_code/eqp_name/eqp_vendor/eqp_desc/eqp_dept/eqp_status/eqp_qty leads…
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to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Stored XSS in the web application's admin add lab equipment page enables remote injection of malicious JavaScript executed in victims' browsers upon viewing affected content, facilitating exploitation of public-facing/remote web apps (T1190), JS execution (T1059.007), and credential theft including session cookies and browser credentials (T1539, T1506, T1555.003).
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.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Makes persistent code injection into loaded programs impossible when the executable image itself resides on hardware-protected read-only media.
Dynamically generated code can be produced and executed inside the isolated chamber, preventing host compromise from code-injection payloads.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.
Directly prevents execution of attacker-supplied code written into data memory regions.