PHPGurukul Online Security Guards Hiring System search-request.php cross site scripting

published 2023-01-27 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-12572

cvss: 3.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 6.3%; EPSS 6.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

A vulnerability was found in PHPGurukul Online Security Guards Hiring System 1.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file search-request.php. The manipulation of the argument searchdata with the input "><script>alert(document.domain)</script> leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-219596.

Timeline

2023-01-27 Published
2023-05-31 First public exploit (EDB-51494)

Exploit prediction

6.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-51494 Online Security Guards Hiring System 1.0 - Reflected XSS webapps, 2023-05-31
Nuclei template Online Security Guards Hiring System - Cross-Site Scripting nuclei detection template
github.com https://github.com/ctflearner/Vulnerability/blob/main/Online-Security-guard-POC.md referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	3.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CNA	3.0	3.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CNA	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
NVD	3.1	6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

PHPGurukul Online Security Guards Hiring System

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

github.com /ctflearner/Vulnerability/blob/main/Online-Security-guard-POC.md
exploit, third-party-advisory
vuldb.com /?id.219596
vdb-entry, technical-description, third-party-advisory
vuldb.com /?ctiid.219596
signature, permissions-required, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-0527
NVD CVE-2023-0527

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Summary