PHPGurukul User Registration & Login and User Management System with Admin Panel cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in PHPGurukul User Registration & Login and User Management System with Admin Panel 3.0. Affected is an unknown function of the component User Registration Handler. The manipulation of the argument fname/lname/email/contact leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-40851. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in PHPGurukul User Registration & Login and User Management System with Admin Panel 3.0. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the component User Registration Handler. The manipulation of the argument fname/lname/email/contact with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Phpgurukul User Registration & Login and User Management System With admin panel 3.0 allows attackers to run arbitrary code via fname, lname, email, and contact fields of the user registration page.

The weakness was released 10/17/2023 as 51694. It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-40851 since 08/22/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (51694) and EUVD (EUVD-2023-45391). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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08/22/2023 🔍
10/17/2023 +56 days 🔍
10/17/2023 +0 days 🔍
01/29/2026 +835 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: phpgurukul.com

Advisory: 51694
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-40851 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-40851
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-242351
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scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 10/17/2023 08:08
Updated: 01/29/2026 18:38
Changes: 10/17/2023 08:08 (44), 11/03/2023 14:46 (11), 01/29/2026 18:38 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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