CVE-2024-56990

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 21 January 2025

Published

21 January 2025

Modified

09 April 2025

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score v3.1 4.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS Score 0.0021 43.9th percentile

Risk Priority 9 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-56990 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Phpgurukul Hospital Management System. Its CVSS base score is 4.5 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique JavaScript (T1059.007); ranked at the 43.9th 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-2024-53479

Vulnerability details

PHPGurukul Hospital Management System 4.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in /view-medhistory.php and /admin/view-patient.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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Why these techniques?

Stored XSS vulnerability enables arbitrary JavaScript execution in victims' browsers upon viewing affected pages (/view-medhistory.php, /admin/view-patient.php), facilitating public-facing application exploitation (T1190), JavaScript interpreter abuse for command execution (T1059.007), and web session cookie theft (T1539).