EUVD-2026-34851
GHSA-74c3-9pm6-rxx9
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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A vulnerability was found in tittuvarghese CollegeManagementSystem 3e476335cfbfb9a049e09f474c7ec885f69a9df3/a38852979f7e27ae67b610dce5979500ef8ebe01. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /dashboard_page/forms/fetch.php. The manipulation of the argument department_name results in cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. This product operates on a rolling release basis, ensuring continuous delivery. Consequently, there are no version details for either affected or updated releases. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
AnalysisAI
Cross-site scripting in tittuvarghese's PHP-based CollegeManagementSystem exposes users to script injection via the unvalidated department_name parameter in /dashboard_page/forms/fetch.php, exploitable remotely without authentication but requiring victim interaction. Publicly available exploit code (GitHub issue #6) lowers the technical barrier for opportunistic attacks, though CVSS scope remains unchanged with only low integrity impact. No patch has been released and the project maintainer has not responded to the coordinated disclosure, leaving all deployed instances permanently exposed under the rolling release model.
Technical ContextAI
The vulnerability is a CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) XSS defect in a PHP application. The affected endpoint /dashboard_page/forms/fetch.php accepts the department_name parameter and renders it into the HTTP response without applying proper output encoding (e.g., PHP's htmlspecialchars()), allowing attacker-supplied HTML or JavaScript to be interpreted by the victim's browser. CPE data (cpe:2.3:a:tittuvarghese:collegemanagementsystem:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) uses a full wildcard on version, consistent with the rolling release model where all commits are treated as affected. The CVSS vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U confirms network-reachable exploitation with no privilege requirement, but requires a victim to load the crafted URL in a browser session - characteristic of reflected XSS behavior.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch has been identified at time of analysis; the maintainer has not responded to the disclosure filed as GitHub issue #6 (https://github.com/tittuvarghese/CollegeManagementSystem/issues/6). The most effective direct fix is to manually patch /dashboard_page/forms/fetch.php by wrapping the department_name parameter output with htmlspecialchars($department_name, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8') before rendering - this eliminates the vulnerability but requires ongoing source management if the repository is updated. As a compensating control, restrict access to /dashboard_page/ via web server configuration (nginx deny all or Apache Require ip) to trusted IP ranges, which eliminates the remote attack surface but may block legitimate users. Deploying a WAF rule to reject or strip HTML tags and JavaScript event handlers in the department_name query parameter reduces exploitation likelihood without blocking access, though WAF bypass techniques exist. The VulDB advisory is available at https://vuldb.com/vuln/368875.
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