What is CVE-2024-8471?

CVE-2024-8471 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpgurukul Job Portal, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2024-09-05.

How severe is CVE-2024-8471?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-8471 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Phpgurukul Job Portal

CVE-2024-8471

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability, whereby user-controlled input is not sufficiently encrypted. Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to retrieve the session details of an authenticated user through JOBID and USERNAME parameters in /jobportal/process.php.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.002 (15.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Phpgurukul Job Portal — versions 1.0
Phpgurukul Job_portal — versions 1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

cve-coordination@incibe.es (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-8471?: CVE-2024-8471 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpgurukul Job Portal, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2024-09-05.
How severe is CVE-2024-8471?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-8471 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.