CVE-2024-53481
Published: 10 December 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-53481 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Phpgurukul Beauty Parlour Management System. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 39.0th 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-2024-51978
Vulnerability details
A Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the profile.php of PHPGurukul Beauty Parlour Management System v1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting arbitrary HTML into the "Firstname" and "Last name" parameters.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The XSS vulnerability in the public-facing web application (profile.php) enables exploitation for initial access (T1190) and allows injection of arbitrary JavaScript for execution (T1059.007).
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.
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.