Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-53635

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 27 November 2024

Published
27 November 2024
Modified
04 April 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0010 27.4th percentile
Risk Priority 10 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-53635 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Phpgurukul Covid19 Testing Management System. Its CVSS base score is 4.8 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 27.4th 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 Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in /covid-tms/patient-search-report.php in PHPGurukul COVID 19 Testing Management System v1.0, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the searchdata POST request parameter.

CWE(s)

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.
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.
Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS vulnerability in public-facing web application enables remote attackers to inject and execute arbitrary JavaScript in victims' browsers (T1190: Exploit Public-Facing Application), facilitating theft of web session cookies from authenticated users (T1539: Steal Web Session Cookie).

Affected Assets

phpgurukul
covid19 testing 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.

addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

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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