CodeAstro Hospital Management System Add Laboratory Equipment Page his_admin_add_lab_equipment.php cross site scripting

Successful exploitation of CVE-2024-11676 allows an attacker to inject arbitrary JavaScript code into the web pages viewed by other users. This can be leveraged to steal session cookies, redirect users to malicious websites, or modify the content of the page. Given the context of a hospital management system, this could potentially compromise sensitive patient data or disrupt critical operations. The vulnerability's remote accessibility significantly broadens the attack surface, as it doesn't require local access to the system.

Hospitals and healthcare providers using CodeAstro Hospital Management System version 1.0 are at direct risk. Organizations relying on this system for managing patient data and laboratory equipment are particularly vulnerable. Shared hosting environments where multiple users share the same server instance could also be affected, as an attacker could potentially compromise other users’ accounts.

• generic web: Use curl to test the /backend/admin/hisadminaddlabequipment.php endpoint with various payloads containing <script>alert(1)</script> to check for reflected XSS.

curl -X POST -d "eqp_code=<script>alert(1)</script>" http://[target]/backend/admin/his_admin_add_lab_equipment.php

• generic web: Examine access and error logs for suspicious requests containing JavaScript code or unusual characters in the eqpcode, eqpname, eqpvendor, eqpdesc, eqpdept, eqpstatus, or eqp_qty parameters. • php: Review the source code of /backend/admin/hisadminaddlabequipment.php for missing or inadequate input sanitization and output encoding functions.

1. 2024-11-26Disclosure

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1. Reservado2024-11-25
2. Publicada2024-11-26
3. EPSS atualizado2026-04-02

The primary mitigation for CVE-2024-11676 is to upgrade to CodeAstro Hospital Management System version 1.0.1 or later, which includes the necessary fix. If upgrading immediately is not feasible, consider implementing strict input validation and output encoding on the /backend/admin/hisadminaddlabequipment.php page to sanitize user-supplied data. Web application firewalls (WAFs) configured to detect and block XSS payloads can also provide a temporary layer of protection. Regularly review and update input validation routines to prevent similar vulnerabilities.