# CVE-2025-13577: PHPGurukul Hostel Management System register-complaint.php cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via the cdetails parameter in register-complaint.php, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 24 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vcmm-whq7-r33v

## What is CVE-2025-13577?

CVE-2025-13577 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in PHPGurukul Hostel Management System, published on 24 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A flaw has been found in PHPGurukul Hostel Management System 2.1. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file /register-complaint.php. Executing a manipulation of the argument cdetails can lead to cross site scripting. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been published 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-2025-13577?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Phpgurukul Hostel Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-13577?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13577 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-13577 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-13577 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in PHPGurukul Hostel Management System

- [CVE-2020-5510](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5510/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-45953](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-45953/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2021-43137](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-43137/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-63611](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-63611/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2025-6153](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6153/): PHPGurukul Hostel Management System students.php sql injection (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-13577 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-13577 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in PHPGurukul Hostel Management System, published on 24 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, 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-2025-13577 exists.

Affected product: PHPGurukul Hostel 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-2025-13577/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13577/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-13577
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13577
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-13577

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13577/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.