# CVE-2024-3091: PHPGurukul Emergency Ambulance Hiring Portal Search Request Page search.php cross site scripting

> An attacker can inject malicious scripts into the search page of the Emergency Ambulance Hiring Portal, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Low 2.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r2c5-h8gp-93rp

## What is CVE-2024-3091?

CVE-2024-3091 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in PHPGurukul Emergency Ambulance Hiring Portal, published on 30 Mar 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in PHPGurukul Emergency Ambulance Hiring Portal 1.0. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file /admin/search.php of the component Search Request Page. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-258684.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3091?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Phpgurukul Emergency Ambulance Hiring Portal.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-3091?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3091 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-3091 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-3091 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in PHPGurukul Emergency Ambulance Hiring Portal

- [CVE-2024-3085](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3085/): PHPGurukul Emergency Ambulance Hiring Portal Admin Login Page login.php sql injection (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2024-3087](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3087/): PHPGurukul Emergency Ambulance Hiring Portal Ambulance Tracking Page ambulance-tracking.php sql injection (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2024-3088](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3088/): PHPGurukul Emergency Ambulance Hiring Portal Forgot Password Page forgot-password.php sql injection (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2025-6310](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6310/): PHPGurukul Emergency Ambulance Hiring Portal index.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-4264](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4264/): PHPGurukul Emergency Ambulance Hiring Portal edit-ambulance.php sql injection (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-3091 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-3091 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in PHPGurukul Emergency Ambulance Hiring Portal, published on 30 Mar 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, 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-2024-3091 exists.

Affected product: PHPGurukul Emergency Ambulance Hiring Portal. 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-2024-3091/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3091/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3091
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3091
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-3091

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3091/
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