# CVE-2025-7816: PHPGurukul Apartment Visitors Management System HTTP POST Request visitor-detail.php cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via the visname parameter in visitor-detail.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:** 19 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 21 Jul 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jq5m-r24m-pj59

## What is CVE-2025-7816?

CVE-2025-7816 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in PHPGurukul Apartment Visitors Management System, published on 19 Jul 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 vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in PHPGurukul Apartment Visitors Management System 1.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file /visitor-detail.php of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument visname 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.

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-2025-7816?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Phpgurukul Apartment Visitors Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-7816?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-7816 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-7816 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-7816 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in PHPGurukul Apartment Visitors Management System

- [CVE-2025-4699](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4699/): PHPGurukul Apartment Visitors Management System visitors-form.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-4553](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4553/): PHPGurukul Apartment Visitors Management System bwdates-reports-details.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-4554](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4554/): PHPGurukul Apartment Visitors Management System bwdates-passreports-details.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-4550](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4550/): PHPGurukul Apartment Visitors Management System pass-details.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-4505](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4505/): PHPGurukul Apartment Visitors Management System category.php sql injection (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-7816 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-7816 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in PHPGurukul Apartment Visitors Management System, published on 19 Jul 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-2025-7816 exists.

Affected product: PHPGurukul Apartment Visitors 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-2025-7816/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7816/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-7816
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-7816
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-7816

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7816/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.