PHPGurukul User Registration & Login and User Management System edit-profile.php cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in PHPGurukul User Registration & Login and User Management System 3.3. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file loginsystem/edit-profile.php. Performing a manipulation of the argument fname/lname/contact results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-28016. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in PHPGurukul User Registration & Login and User Management System 3.3. This affects an unknown code block of the file loginsystem/edit-profile.php. The manipulation of the argument fname/lname/contact with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

A Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in loginsystem/edit-profile.php of the PHPGurukul User Registration & Login and User Management System V3.3. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code via the fname, lname, and contact parameters.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-28016 since 03/11/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

By approaching the search of inurl:loginsystem/edit-profile.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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 vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-31742). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• PHPGurukul

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• User Registration & Login and User Management System

Version

• 3.3

License

• free

Website

• Vendor: https://phpgurukul.com/

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