CVE-2024-55268

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 06 December 2024

Published

06 December 2024

Modified

11 December 2024

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score v3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS Score 0.0025 48.2th percentile

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

Summary

CVE-2024-55268 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Phpgurukul Covid 19 Testing Management System. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique JavaScript (T1059.007); ranked at the 48.2th 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-2024-52759

Vulnerability details

A Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in /covidtms/registered-user-testing.php in PHPGurukul COVID 19 Testing Management System 1.0 which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the regmobilenumber parameter.

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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Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS enables arbitrary JavaScript execution in victims' browsers (T1059.007), exploitation of a public-facing web application (T1190), and stealing web session cookies from authenticated users (T1539).