CVE-2020-26628

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Published Jan 10, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in Hospital Management System V4.0 which allows an attacker to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML code via a malicious payload appended to a username on the 'Edit Profile" page and triggered by another user visiting the profile.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:phpgurukul:hospital_management_system:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.503% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176302/Hospital-Management-System-4.0-XSS-Shell-Upload-SQL-Injection.html

History

Jun 20, 2025 4:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Phpgurukul Hospital Management System

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Jun 20, 2025, 3:29 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jan 10, 2024, 12:00 AM
Updated: Jun 20, 2025, 3:29 PM
Reserved: Oct 7, 2020, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 3:56 PM

Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 3:56 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:08 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 10, 2024, 9:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:08 AM

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