#VU73972 Cross-site scripting in Hospital's Patient Records Management System


Published: 2023-03-23

Vulnerability identifier: #VU73972

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22852

CWE-ID: CWE-79

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Hospital's Patient Records Management System
Web applications / CRM systems

Vendor: oretnom23

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via the description parameter in room_list. A remote attacker 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

Hospital's Patient Records Management System: 1.0


External links
http://github.com/Sant268/CVE-2022-22852/blob/main/CVE-2022-22852.md
http://www.sourcecodester.com/php/15116/hospitals-patient-records-management-system-php-free-source-code.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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


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