# CVE-2024-13023: PHPGurukul Maid Hiring Management System Search Maid Page search-maid.php cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via the searchdata parameter in the admin search page, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 30 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3fvg-xwx5-3cr8

## What is CVE-2024-13023?

CVE-2024-13023 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in PHPGurukul Maid Hiring Management System, published on 29 Dec 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been found in PHPGurukul Maid Hiring Management System 1.0 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /admin/search-maid.php of the component Search Maid Page. The manipulation of the argument searchdata leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be initiated 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-2024-13023?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Phpgurukul Maid Hiring Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-13023?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13023 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-13023 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-13023 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in PHPGurukul Maid Hiring Management System

- [CVE-2025-5860](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5860/): PHPGurukul Maid Hiring Management System search-booking-request.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2023-37744](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37744/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2023-37745](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37745/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2023-37746](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37746/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2025-50363](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-50363/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-13023 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-13023 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in PHPGurukul Maid Hiring Management System, published on 29 Dec 2024. 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-2024-13023 exists.

Affected product: PHPGurukul Maid Hiring 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-2024-13023/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13023/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13023
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13023
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13023

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13023/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.