Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-4293

LowPublic PoC

Published: 27 April 2024

Published
27 April 2024
Modified
27 February 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 3.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0016 37.0th percentile
Risk Priority 7 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-4293 is a low-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Phpgurukul Doctor Appointment Management System. Its CVSS base score is 3.5 (Low).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 37.0th 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

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in PHPGurukul Doctor Appointment Management System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file appointment-bwdates-reports-details.php. The manipulation of the argument fromdate/todate leads to cross site scripting. The attack can…

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be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-262225 was assigned to this vulnerability.

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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Why these techniques?

The reflected XSS vulnerability in the public-facing PHP web application (appointment-bwdates-reports-details.php) enables exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190) and injection/execution of malicious JavaScript in victims' browsers (T1059.007).

Affected Assets

phpgurukul
doctor appointment management system
1.0.0

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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