What is CVE-2024-56998?

CVE-2024-56998 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpgurukul Hospital Management System, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.2/10. Published 2025-01-21.

How severe is CVE-2024-56998?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.2 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-56998 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Phpgurukul Hospital Management System

CVE-2024-56998

PHPGurukul Hospital Management System 4.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in /edit-profile.php via the parameter $address.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2025-01-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (9.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 9th percentile — 9.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Phpgurukul Hospital Management System — versions 4.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

kirito999/HMS_

References

github.com/kirito999/HMS_stored_XSS/blob/main/stored XSS2 in HMS4.0/stored XSS2… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-56998?: CVE-2024-56998 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpgurukul Hospital Management System, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.2/10. Published 2025-01-21.
How severe is CVE-2024-56998?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-56998 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.