# CVE-2023-37687: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> An attacker can inject malicious scripts into the admin portal's nurse request view, potentially compromising administrator sessions and data.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Aug 2023
- **Updated:** 9 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8r93-pj9q-5rfr

## What is CVE-2023-37687?

CVE-2023-37687 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Aug 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Online Nurse Hiring System v1.0 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the View Request of Nurse Page in the Admin portal.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-37687?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Phpgurukul Online Nurse Hiring System.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-37687?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-37687 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-37687 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-37687 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2024-54842](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-54842/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-55099](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-55099/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-55103](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-55103/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2024-55104](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-55104/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2025-5230](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5230/): PHPGurukul Online Nurse Hiring System bwdates-report-details.php sql injection (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-37687 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-37687 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Aug 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-37687 exists.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2023-37687/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37687/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-37687
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37687
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-37687

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37687/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.