CVE-2024-48807
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 · uneditedCross Site Scripting vulnerability in PHPGurukul Doctor Appointment Management System v.1.0 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the search parameter.
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 confidenceCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in PHPGurukul Doctor Appointment Management System v1.0 allows a local attacker to inject malicious JavaScript code through the search parameter. This can lead to session hijacking, credential theft, or execution of arbitrary code in the context of other users' browser sessions.
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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= 1.0.0CVSS 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
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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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Identify the installed productLocate and confirm the PHPGurukul Doctor Appointment Management System is running in your environment. Check your web server's application directory or package management system for this application.Affected if The application is not the Doctor Appointment Management System or it is not version 1.0.0.
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Verify the exact version numberCheck the application's version file, about page, or configuration to confirm the installed version is exactly 1.0.0. Compare your version against the affected range (1.0.0).Affected if The installed version is 1.0.0.
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Locate the search functionalityIdentify the search feature within the application. This is typically found in the main navigation, patient search, doctor search, or appointment search modules. Examine the application's file structure for search-related PHP files.Affected if The search functionality exists and is accessible to users.
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Check if the search parameter accepts user inputExamine the search form submission method. Look for GET or POST requests where user-supplied input is passed through a 'search' parameter. Inspect the corresponding server-side handler to see if the search term is reflected in the response without sanitization.Affected if The search parameter accepts unsanitized user input and reflects it in the HTML output.
Your environment is affected if you are running PHPGurukul Doctor Appointment Management System version 1.0.0 with the search functionality enabled and the search parameter does not sanitize or encode user input before reflecting it in responses.
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 search parameter and all user-supplied inputs. Use context-aware escaping and sanitize special characters before reflecting user data in HTML responses.
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