CVE-2024-13018
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 vulnerability was found in PHPGurukul Maid Hiring Management System 1.0. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /admin/profile.php. The manipulation of the argument name leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely.
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 reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the PHPGurukul Maid Hiring Management System 1.0 admin panel. The 'name' parameter in /admin/profile.php is not properly sanitized, allowing an attacker to inject malicious JavaScript code that executes in the context of other users' browsers.
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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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Confirm product installationLocate the application files - look for directories containing 'maid-hiring' or similar PHP files. Check for version identifier in README, changelog, or version config files.Affected if The application is PHPGurukul Maid Hiring Management System version 1.0
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Locate vulnerable fileVerify the existence of admin/profile.php in the web root directory.Affected if The file admin/profile.php exists in the application installation
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Check admin accessAttempt to access the admin panel at /admin/ or /admin/login.php to determine if administrative interface is reachable.Affected if The admin panel is accessible without additional authentication or using default credentials
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Inspect parameter handlingExamine admin/profile.php source code and search for the 'name' parameter usage. Look for whether input from $_POST or $_GET['name'] is passed to output without sanitization functions like htmlspecialchars() or htmlentities().Affected if The 'name' parameter is reflected in HTML output without proper sanitization (code contains unsanitized echo of the name variable)
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Test for XSS vulnerabilityIf authorized and in a test environment, submit a benign XSS payload like <script>alert('XSS')</script> in the 'name' parameter to admin/profile.php and observe if it executes in the response.Affected if The payload is returned verbatim in the response without encoding or is executed when the page loads
A user is affected if they run PHPGurukul Maid Hiring Management System version 1.0 with an accessible admin panel where the 'name' parameter in admin/profile.php reflects user input without sanitization.
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 proper input validation and output encoding for the 'name' parameter in admin/profile.php. Use context-appropriate escaping functions (e.g., htmlspecialchars in PHP) before reflecting user input in HTML output.
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