# CVE-2024-6273: SourceCodester Clinic Queuing System patient_side.php save_patient cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via patient data fields in the Clinic Queuing System, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6g47-rggg-cg8v

## What is CVE-2024-6273?

CVE-2024-6273 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Clinic Queuing System, published on 23 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Clinic Queuing System 1.0. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function save_patient of the file patient_side.php. The manipulation of the argument Full Name/Contact/Address leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-269485 was assigned to this vulnerability.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6273?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oretnom23 Clinic Queuing System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6273?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6273 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6273 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6273 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Clinic Queuing System

- [CVE-2024-0264](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0264/): SourceCodester Clinic Queuing System LoginRegistration.php authorization (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2024-0265](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0265/): SourceCodester Clinic Queuing System GET Parameter index.php file inclusion (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2025-2868](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2868/): Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Clinic Queuing System (medium 4.8)
- [CVE-2025-2869](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2869/): Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Clinic Queuing System (medium 4.8)
- [CVE-2025-2870](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2870/): Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Clinic Queuing System (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6273 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6273 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Clinic Queuing System, published on 23 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6273 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Clinic Queuing 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-2024-6273/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6273/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6273
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6273
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6273

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6273/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.