Doctor Appointment Management SystemApplication · Phpgurukul

CVE-2022-45730

MEDIUM · 6.1 CVSS v3.1 Published 2023-01-26
Mitigation only
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68/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Doctor Appointment Management System v1.0.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Search function.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Search function of Doctor Appointment Management System v1.0.0 allows attackers to inject malicious JavaScript or HTML payloads that execute in the browsers of other users who interact with the search functionality.

MitigationImplement input validation and output encoding/escaping on all user-supplied data in the search function. Apply context-appropriate encoding before rendering user input back to the page, and consider implementing a Content Security Policy (CSP) to provide defense-in-depth against XSS attacks.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Doctor Appointment Management SystemApplication
Affected:= 1.0.0

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Confirm the Doctor Appointment Management System is installed
    Identify the application by visiting the homepage or checking for typical files like index.php, checking page titles/footers for 'Doctor Appointment Management System' branding
    Affected if The application is Phpgurukul Doctor Appointment Management System
  2. Verify the installed version is 1.0.0
    Check for a version identifier in the application (footer, about page, or configuration files). Compare against the affected version 1.0.0
    Affected if Version is 1.0.0 exactly
  3. Locate the Search function in the application
    Navigate through the application menus to find the search functionality. Typical locations include header navigation, a search icon, or a dedicated search page for appointments/doctors
    Affected if A search function exists in the application
  4. Inspect how the Search function handles user input
    Submit a test string containing harmless HTML/JS characters (such as <script>alert(1)</script> or <img src=x onerror=alert(1)>) in the search input field, then examine the HTTP response or rendered page to see if the input is reflected without encoding
    Affected if User-supplied search input is reflected in the response without proper encoding/escaping, enabling script execution in a browser

If the installed application is Phpgurukul Doctor Appointment Management System version 1.0.0 and the search function reflects unsanitized user input back into the HTML response, the environment is affected by this CVE.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement input validation and output encoding/escaping on all user-supplied data in the search function. Apply context-appropriate encoding before rendering user input back to the page, and consider implementing a Content Security Policy (CSP) to provide defense-in-depth against XSS attacks.

Fix this in Doctor Appointment Management System Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
9.0 hours of engineering $1,600
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