CVE-2023-37746
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 · uneditedA cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Maid Hiring Management System v1.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Title parameter of the /admin/contactus.php component.
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 confidenceA stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the Maid Hiring Management System v1.0 admin panel. The 'Title' parameter in /admin/contactus.php accepts user input without proper sanitization or output encoding, allowing malicious JavaScript or HTML to be stored and executed when other users (administrators) view the contact us entries.
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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= 1.0CVSS 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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify product versionCheck if the installed system is Phpgurukul Maid Hiring Management System version 1.0 by reviewing application files, version documentation, or the application's about/info pageAffected if The installed version is exactly 1.0 of the Maid Hiring Management System by Phpgurukul
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Confirm admin panel accessibilityAttempt to access the admin panel path /admin/contactus.php via browser or curl request to verify the endpoint exists and is reachableAffected if The /admin/contactus.php endpoint is accessible and the application uses this path for contact us management
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Inspect contactus.php source codeLocate and review the file contactus.php in the /admin/ directory. Search for how the Title parameter is handled - look for missing input sanitization functions like htmlspecialchars(), strip_tags(), or parameterized queriesAffected if The contactus.php file lacks proper input validation or output encoding on the Title parameter (no htmlspecialchars, strip_tags, or prepared statements used)
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Check database for malicious entriesQuery the database table that stores contact us submissions (typically named something like contactus or similar). Inspect the Title field for any stored script tags, javascript: URIs, or other XSS payloadsAffected if The database contains stored XSS payloads in the Title field of contact us entries
A user is affected if they are running version 1.0 of Phpgurukul Maid Hiring Management System, have the admin panel accessible at /admin/contactus.php, and the Title parameter lacks sanitization or the database contains malicious stored XSS in contact us entries.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement input validation and output encoding on the Title parameter in contactus.php, and deploy a Content Security Policy (CSP) header to provide defense-in-depth against XSS attacks.
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