PHPGurukul Directory Management System add-directory.php cross site scripting
A security vulnerability has been detected in PHPGurukul Directory Management System 2.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /admin/add-directory.php. The manipulation of the argument fullname leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used.
- Published
- Aug 29, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.3% · 26th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-79
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Action score
8
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 8 / 40 · 2.1 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.3%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- proof of concept
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
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- CNA · VulDB
- 5.3
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
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
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| phpgurukul | directory management system | cpe:2.3:a:phpgurukul:directory_management_system |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- phpgurukul directory management system2.0
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (VulDB). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
PHPGurukul Directory Management System
- 2.0affected
Same product
phpgurukul: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2022-29006Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities via the username and password parameters in the Admin panel of Directory Management System v1.0 allow45Plan
- CVE-2022-31384Directory Management System v1.0 was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via the fullname parameter in add-directory.php.40Plan
- CVE-2022-31383Directory Management System v1.0 was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via the editid parameter in view-directory.php.40Plan
- CVE-2022-31382Directory Management System v1.0 was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via the searchdata parameter in search-dirctory.php40Plan
- CVE-2025-4698PHPGurukul Directory Management System forget-password.php sql injection27Monitor
- CVE-2025-4697PHPGurukul Directory Management System edit-directory.php sql injection27Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- xiguala123 (VulDB User)reporter
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2025-4862103 days apartPHPGurukul Directory Management System searchdata.php cross site scripting21Monitor
- CVE-2024-5136466 days apartPHPGurukul Directory Management System search-directory.php. cross site scripting20Monitor
- CVE-2024-5137466 days apartPHPGurukul Directory Management System Searchbar admin-profile.php cross site scripting20Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- P
- Scope
- X
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVSS vector
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
nvd-secondary
Root cause
User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-79 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;Fixed
commentEl.textContent = comment.body;Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Noroxi analysis
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.