CVE-2025-57150
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into the Complaint Management System's admin interface via the categoryName parameter. When an administrator views the affected page, the script executes in their browser context, potentially compromising the admin session. This affects all deployments of phpgurukul Complaint Management System 2.0.
💻 Affected Systems
- phpgurukul Complaint Management System
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Administrator account takeover leading to complete system compromise, data theft, or deployment of backdoors.
Likely Case
Session hijacking of admin accounts, unauthorized access to sensitive complaint data, or defacement of admin interface.
If Mitigated
Limited to reflected XSS impact with proper input validation and output encoding in place.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires targeting admin users who access the vulnerable page.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Unknown
Vendor Advisory: No vendor advisory found
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Locate admin/subcategory.php
2. Implement proper input validation for categoryName parameter
3. Apply output encoding when displaying user-supplied data
4. Test the fix thoroughly
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation Filter
allAdd server-side validation to sanitize categoryName parameter
// In admin/subcategory.php, add: $categoryName = htmlspecialchars($_POST['categoryName'], ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
Content Security Policy
allImplement CSP headers to restrict script execution
Header set Content-Security-Policy "default-src 'self'; script-src 'self'" in .htaccess or server config
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict admin panel access to trusted IP addresses only
- Implement web application firewall rules to block XSS payloads
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test by submitting <script>alert('XSS')</script> to categoryName parameter in admin/subcategory.phpCheck Version:
Check version in system documentation or configuration filesVerify Fix Applied:
Verify that script tags are properly encoded when displayed in the admin interface📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual POST requests to admin/subcategory.php with script-like content in parameters
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests containing script tags or JavaScript in categoryName parameter
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND uri="/admin/subcategory.php" AND (param="categoryName" AND value MATCHES "<script.*>.*</script>" OR "javascript:")