# CVE-2024-11676: CodeAstro Hospital Management System Add Laboratory Equipment Page his_admin_add_lab_equipment.php cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via laboratory equipment fields in the CodeAstro Hospital Management System admin panel.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 26 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h8jw-v8m2-669r

## What is CVE-2024-11676?

CVE-2024-11676 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in CodeAstro Hospital Management System, published on 26 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in CodeAstro Hospital Management System 1.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /backend/admin/his_admin_add_lab_equipment.php of the component Add Laboratory Equipment Page. The manipulation of the argument eqp_code/eqp_name/eqp_vendor/eqp_desc/eqp_dept/eqp_status/eqp_qty leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code), CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11676?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hospital Management System Project Hospital Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-11676?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11676 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-11676 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-11676 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in CodeAstro Hospital Management System

- [CVE-2022-48120](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48120/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-38637](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38637/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-32093](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-32093/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-32094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-32094/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-32095](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-32095/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-11676 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-11676 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in CodeAstro Hospital Management System, published on 26 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-11676 exists.

Affected product: CodeAstro 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-2024-11676/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11676/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11676
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11676
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-11676

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11676/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.