Cross-site scripting in Health Center Patient Record Management System

1) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU72765

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1156

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the "'itr_no" parameter in the admin/fecalysis_form.php script. A remote user can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

Health Center Patient Record Management System: 1.0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:sourcecodester:health_center_patient_record_management_system:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.222220
https://vuldb.com/?id.222220
https://github.com/Lacer23/bug_report/blob/main/bug_report/razormist/Health%20Center%20Patient%20Record%20Management/XSS-1.md

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.