What is CVE-2021-38756?

CVE-2021-38756 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hospital Management System Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-08-16.

How severe is CVE-2021-38756?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-38756 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Hospital Management System Project

CVE-2021-38756

Persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) in Hospital Management System targeted towards web admin through prescribe.php.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2021-08-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (51.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 51.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Hospital Management System Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

github.com/kishan0725/Hospital-Management-System/issues/4 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-38756?: CVE-2021-38756 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hospital Management System Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-08-16.
How severe is CVE-2021-38756?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-38756 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.