CVE-2025-63514
📋 TL;DR
The Hospital Management System by kishan0725 contains a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the appsearch.php file through the email parameter. This allows attackers to inject malicious scripts that execute when users view affected pages. All users of vulnerable versions are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- kishan0725 Hospital Management System
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could steal session cookies, redirect users to malicious sites, deface the application, or perform actions on behalf of authenticated users.
Likely Case
Attackers inject malicious scripts to steal user credentials or session tokens, potentially compromising user accounts.
If Mitigated
With proper input validation and output encoding, the risk is reduced to minimal as scripts would be properly sanitized.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires the attacker to have access to submit data through the vulnerable parameter, but the vulnerability is stored/persistent.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Unknown
Vendor Advisory: https://github.com/kishan0725/Hospital-Management-System/issues/54
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Review the GitHub issue for official fix. 2. Apply input validation and output encoding to the email parameter in appsearch.php. 3. Sanitize all user inputs before processing.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation and Sanitization
allImplement server-side validation and sanitization of the email parameter
Modify appsearch.php to validate email format and sanitize input
Content Security Policy
allImplement CSP headers to restrict script execution
Add Content-Security-Policy header to restrict inline scripts
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement a web application firewall (WAF) with XSS protection rules
- Disable or restrict access to the vulnerable appsearch.php endpoint
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test by submitting a script payload in the email parameter of appsearch.php and check if it executes when the page is viewed.Check Version:
Check the system version through the application interface or source code metadata.Verify Fix Applied:
Attempt to inject XSS payloads and verify they are properly sanitized and do not execute.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual email parameter values containing script tags or JavaScript in appsearch.php requests
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to appsearch.php with suspicious email parameters
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND uri="/appsearch.php" AND (email CONTAINS "<script>" OR email CONTAINS "javascript:")