Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This issue is a stored cross-site scripting flaw in PHPGurukul Hospital Management System v4.0. A registered user could place malicious content that later runs in an admin-facing appointment history page, potentially exposing cookies. The sources do not provide CVSS, patch status, or evidence of active exploitation.
Executive priority
Treat as a targeted application risk, not a broad internet emergency. Prioritize if the hospital system is public-facing, allows self-registration, or handles privileged admin sessions and sensitive patient workflows.
Technical view
CVE-2020-22167 describes persistent XSS in hms/admin/appointment-history.php in PHPGurukul Hospital Management System v4.0. The reported impact is cookie data theft by remote registered users. Public metadata lacks CWE, CVSS, CPEs, and vendor remediation details, so exposure confirmation depends on identifying this exact application/version and affected page.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely where PHPGurukul Hospital Management System v4.0 is deployed and user registration or authenticated patient/user access is available. Risk increases if admins access appointment history using privileged sessions.
Exploitation context
The CVE is not listed as KEV in the provided bundle. The sources describe exploitability by remote registered users, but provide no cited evidence of active exploitation in the wild.
Researcher notes
The public record is sparse: affected fields are listed as n/a, and no CVSS or CWE is supplied. The GitHub reference is the main technical lead, so confirm exact version, page behavior, and whether an official fix exists before closure.
Mitigation direction
- Check PHPGurukul or maintainer guidance for a fixed version or official patch.
- Restrict access to registration and appointment features until exposure is confirmed.
- Review stored appointment fields and remove suspicious script-like content.
- Apply output encoding and input validation around appointment history rendering.
- Use secure cookie attributes to reduce session theft impact where supported.
Validation and detection
- Inventory deployments for PHPGurukul Hospital Management System v4.0.
- Confirm whether hms/admin/appointment-history.php exists and is reachable.
- Review whether user-controlled appointment data renders in admin appointment history.
- Check logs for suspicious registered-user activity around appointment creation or updates.
- Validate remediation with a controlled non-executable marker, not a live payload.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/itodaro/PHPGurukul_Hospital_Management_System4.0_cveCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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