Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-28015

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 13 March 2025

Published
13 March 2025
Modified
28 March 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0033 56.2th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-28015 is a medium-severity Basic XSS (CWE-80) vulnerability in Phpgurukul User Registration \& Login And User Management System. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Drive-by Compromise (T1189); ranked in the top 43.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A HTML Injection vulnerability was found in loginsystem/edit-profile.php of the PHPGurukul User Registration & Login and User Management System V3.3. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary HTML code via the fname, lname, and contact parameters.

CWE(s)
CWE-80

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1189 Drive-by Compromise Initial Access
Adversaries may gain access to a system through a user visiting a website over the normal course of browsing.
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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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T1659 Content Injection Initial Access
Adversaries may gain access and continuously communicate with victims by injecting malicious content into systems through online network traffic.
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Why these techniques?

The HTML injection vulnerability in a public-facing web application enables exploitation (T1190), allows content injection (T1659), and facilitates drive-by compromise via malicious HTML executed in victims' browsers (T1189).

Affected Assets

phpgurukul
user registration \& login and user management system
3.3

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References