Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-5136

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 20 May 2024

Published
20 May 2024
Modified
21 February 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 5.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0013 32.0th percentile
Risk Priority 10 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-5136 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Phpgurukul Directory Management System. Its CVSS base score is 5.1 (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

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in PHPGurukul Directory Management System 1.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file /admin/search-directory.php.. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit…

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has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-265212.

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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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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Why these techniques?

The reflected XSS vulnerability in /admin/search-directory.php enables exploitation of a public-facing web application (T1190) and allows attackers to steal cookie-based authentication credentials, facilitating web session cookie theft (T1539).

Affected Assets

phpgurukul
directory management system
1.0

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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