CVE-2025-6301
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, which was classified as problematic, has been found in PHPGurukul Notice Board System 1.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /admin/manage-notices.php of the component Add Notice. The manipulation of the argument Title/Description leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
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 · high confidenceStored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in PHPGurukul Notice Board System 1.0 within the Add Notice function at /admin/manage-notices.php. User-supplied input in the Title and Description fields is not properly sanitized before storage and display, allowing attackers to inject malicious JavaScript code that executes in other users' browsers.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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
- 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 Notice Board System versionCheck your web server for the PHPGurukul or Anujk305 Notice Board System files and review any version file, README, or about page that displays the software version.Affected if The installed version is 1.0 exactly.
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Locate the manage-notices.php admin scriptVerify the existence of the file /admin/manage-notices.php in your web document root for the Notice Board System application.Affected if The file /admin/manage-notices.php exists and is accessible.
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Confirm admin access to Add Notice functionalityLog into the admin panel and navigate to the Add Notice or manage-notices section to confirm you have privileges to create new notices.Affected if You can access the Add Notice form in the admin interface.
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Verify notice display functionality is activeCheck if the notice board displays stored notices to users (either in the user-facing page or admin list view). This is required for the stored XSS to execute.Affected if Notices are displayed to users/admins after being saved.
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Inspect stored notice data for unsanitized inputCreate a test notice with HTML/JavaScript in the Title or Description fields (e.g., <script>alert(1)</script>), save it, then view the notice list or notice details page to see if the script executes or renders as raw HTML.Affected if The script tag or malicious payload executes in the browser or renders as unescaped HTML when viewing the notice.
You are affected if you are running PHPGurukul or Anujk305 Notice Board System version 1.0, have access to the admin Add Notice function, and can confirm that HTML/JavaScript in Title or Description fields is not escaped when notices are displayed.
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/sanitization on the Title and Description fields in the Add Notice functionality. All user-supplied data should be sanitized before storage and properly escaped when rendered in HTML.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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