# CVE-2022-42206: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Attackers can inject malicious scripts into patient and medical history views, potentially stealing data or hijacking sessions in the Hospital Management System.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Oct 2022
- **Updated:** 8 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mm29-jc8v-gx7f

## What is CVE-2022-42206?

CVE-2022-42206 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Phpgurukul Hospital Management System, published on 21 Oct 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

PHPGurukul Hospital Management System In PHP V 4.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via doctor/view-patient.php, admin/view-patient.php, and view-medhistory.php.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-42206?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Phpgurukul Hospital Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-42206?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-42206 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-42206 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-42206 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Phpgurukul Hospital Management System

- [CVE-2025-56212](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-56212/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-56214](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-56214/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-51360](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-51360/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-26629](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-26629/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-31498](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-31498/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-42206 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-42206 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Phpgurukul Hospital Management System, published on 21 Oct 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-42206 exists.

Affected product: Phpgurukul Hospital Management System. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-42206/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-42206/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-42206
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42206
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-42206

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-42206/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.