CVE-2024-57175
📋 TL;DR
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in PHPGURUKUL Online Birth Certificate System v1.0 allows attackers to inject malicious scripts via the profile name field in the certificate form. When exploited, this enables session hijacking, credential theft, or website defacement for users who view the compromised certificate. Organizations using this specific birth certificate system version are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- PHPGURUKUL Online Birth Certificate System
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers steal administrator credentials, gain full system control, and compromise all user data including sensitive birth certificate information.
Likely Case
Attackers hijack user sessions to perform unauthorized actions, steal personal data, or redirect users to malicious sites.
If Mitigated
With proper input validation and output encoding, the vulnerability is prevented, maintaining normal system functionality.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires user interaction (viewing the malicious certificate) but the payload injection is straightforward.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Unknown
Vendor Advisory: Not available
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Implement proper input validation on the profile name field. 2. Apply output encoding when displaying user-controlled data. 3. Sanitize all user inputs before processing.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation Filter
allAdd server-side validation to reject or sanitize HTML/JavaScript in profile name field
Modify /user/certificate-form.php to include: htmlspecialchars($_POST['profile_name'], ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8')
Content Security Policy
allImplement CSP headers to restrict script execution
Add to .htaccess: Header set Content-Security-Policy "default-src 'self'; script-src 'self'"
Add to PHP: header("Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; script-src 'self'");
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Disable user profile name editing functionality
- Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to block XSS payloads
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test by entering <script>alert('XSS')</script> in profile name field and check if script executes when certificate is viewedCheck Version:
Check system documentation or admin panel for version informationVerify Fix Applied:
Attempt the same XSS payload and verify it's properly encoded or blocked📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual profile name entries containing script tags or JavaScript code
- Multiple failed validation attempts on certificate form
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests with script payloads in POST data to /user/certificate-form.php
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND (uri="/user/certificate-form.php" AND (post_data CONTAINS "<script>" OR post_data CONTAINS "javascript:"))