CVE-2024-46238

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 21 October 2024

Published

21 October 2024

Modified

31 March 2025

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score v3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

EPSS Score 0.0013 32.0th percentile

Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-46238 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Phpgurukul Hospital Management System. Its CVSS base score is 5.9 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique JavaScript (T1059.007); 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-2024-41793

Vulnerability details

Multiple Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities exist in PHPGurukul Hospital Management System 4.0 via the docname parameter in /admin/add-doctor.php and /admin/edit-doctor.php

CWE(s): CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1059.007 JavaScript Execution

Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.

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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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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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T1555.003 Credentials from Web Browsers Credential Access

Adversaries may acquire credentials from web browsers by reading files specific to the target browser.

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Why these techniques?

XSS in web app parameters enables exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190), JavaScript execution in victim browsers (T1059.007), and theft of web session cookies (T1539) or browser credentials (T1555.003).