Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2024-53481 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting issue reported in PHPGurukul Beauty Parlour Management System v1.1. An attacker could place malicious HTML in profile name fields, potentially affecting users who view the profile page. The business risk is targeted account misuse or data exposure, not full server compromise based on the provided evidence.
Executive priority
Treat this as a moderate web application risk. Prioritize remediation if the product is internet-facing, used by staff with privileged sessions, or stores customer data. If the application is not deployed, document non-exposure and close the item.
Technical view
The CVE describes CWE-79 in profile.php, where the Firstname and Last name parameters are not sufficiently neutralized before rendering. CVSS 3.1 is 6.1 with network access, low complexity, no privileges, required user interaction, changed scope, and low confidentiality and integrity impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to organizations running PHPGurukul Beauty Parlour Management System v1.1 with reachable profile functionality. The official affected metadata is incomplete and lists vendor/product/version as n/a, so asset validation should rely on application inventory and code review.
Exploitation context
The CVE is not listed as KEV in the provided bundle, and no cited source states active exploitation. The CVSS vector requires user interaction, meaning impact depends on a victim viewing affected content after malicious input is stored or reflected.
Researcher notes
Evidence is narrow: the CVE record, CVE List JSON, and a GitHub advisory reference. The description names PHPGurukul Beauty Parlour Management System v1.1, but structured affected fields are n/a. Avoid assuming broader versions, patch availability, or exploitation without vendor confirmation.
Mitigation direction
- Check PHPGurukul guidance and project updates for an official fixed version or patch.
- Restrict administrative and profile access until exposure is understood.
- Encode user-controlled profile fields before rendering them in HTML.
- Validate and sanitize Firstname and Last name input server-side.
- Review web application firewall rules as a temporary compensating control.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether PHPGurukul Beauty Parlour Management System v1.1 is deployed.
- Identify whether profile.php is reachable by untrusted users.
- Review rendering of Firstname and Last name fields for output encoding.
- Use authorized testing to confirm profile input renders as text, not markup.
- Check logs for unusual profile-name changes or suspicious HTML-like content.
Public sources used
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CWE-79: User-session and phishing behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.1 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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SSVC decision data
CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N2.82.7CISA-ADPVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
6.1MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Vulnerability timeline
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ADP provider summaries
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/sbksibi/CVEs/blob/main/CVE-2024-53481.mdCVE reference, mitre
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
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Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.