CodeAstro Hospital Management System his_doc_register_patient.php cross site scripting

The XSS vulnerability in CodeAstro Hospital Management System allows an attacker to inject arbitrary JavaScript code into the application. This can be achieved by manipulating parameters within the patient registration process, specifically the patfname, patailment, patlname, patage, patdob, patnumber, patphone, pattype, and pat_addr fields. Successful exploitation could lead to session hijacking, redirection to malicious websites, or the theft of sensitive information displayed within the application. The impact is amplified if the system handles Protected Health Information (PHI), potentially violating HIPAA regulations. Given the sensitive nature of healthcare data, this vulnerability poses a significant risk.

Healthcare providers and organizations utilizing CodeAstro Hospital Management System, particularly those with legacy configurations or limited security expertise, are at significant risk. Shared hosting environments where multiple applications share the same server resources are also vulnerable, as a compromise of one application could potentially impact others.

• php: Examine the /backend/doc/hisdocregisterpatient.php file for inadequate input sanitization. Search for instances where user-supplied data (patfname, pat_ailment, etc.) is directly outputted to the HTML without proper encoding.

// Example of vulnerable code (DO NOT USE)
<p>Patient Name: <?php echo $_POST['pat_fname']; ?></p>

• generic web: Monitor access logs for unusual requests to /backend/doc/hisdocregister_patient.php containing suspicious characters or patterns commonly associated with XSS payloads (e.g., <script>, javascript:, onerror=).

grep -i '<script' /var/log/apache2/access.log

• generic web: Check response headers for the presence of X-XSS-Protection or Content-Security-Policy headers. Absence of these headers indicates a lack of basic XSS protection.

curl -I https://your-hospital-management-system.com/backend/doc/his_doc_register_patient.php | grep -i 'X-XSS-Protection'
curl -I https://your-hospital-management-system.com/backend/doc/his_doc_register_patient.php | grep -i 'Content-Security-Policy'

1. 2024-11-26Disclosure

   disclosure

2. 2024-11-26Patch

   patch

1. 已保留2024-11-25
2. 发布日期2024-11-26
3. EPSS 更新日期2026-04-02

The primary mitigation for CVE-2024-11678 is to immediately upgrade to CodeAstro Hospital Management System version 1.0.1 or later. If upgrading is not immediately feasible, implement strict input validation and output encoding on all user-supplied data within the patient registration module. Consider using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) with XSS filtering rules to block malicious requests. Regularly review and update the application's security configuration to minimize the attack surface. After upgrading, confirm the vulnerability is resolved by attempting to inject a simple XSS payload (e.g., <script>alert(1)</script>) into the patient registration fields and verifying that the script does not execute.