CVE-2023-36375

Exp

Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Hostel Management System v2.1 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted payload to the Guardian name, Guardian relation, complimentary address, city, permanent address, and city parameters in the Book Hostel & Room Details page.

Published: 2023-07-10 Last update: 2025-11-11 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-36375 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.17%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2023-36375

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-36375

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-02-18 0.60% 0.17% -0.43%
2 2025-11-21 0.40% 0.60% +0.19%
3 2025-11-18 0.40%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-36375

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.3 2.7 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-36375

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-36375

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpgurukul hostel_management_system 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpgurukul:hostel_management_system:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-36375

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