CVE-2024-44655: PHPGurukul Complaint Management System · Cross-site Scripting
Source CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.1 Medium.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 15% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 17 Nov 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Organizations should immediately review and sanitize all user inputs on the search parameter in user-search.php to prevent injection of malicious scripts. Implement strict input validation using whitelisting approaches and apply proper output encoding (e.g., HTML entity encoding) before rendering user-supplied data in the browser. Deploying a Web Application Firewall (WAF) with rules to detect and block XSS payloads can provide an additional layer of defense. Conduct thorough security testing, including automated and manual penetration tests focused on XSS vulnerabilities. Educate users about the risks of clicking on suspicious links and ensure that browsers are configured to enable security features like Content Security Policy (CSP) to restrict script execution. Monitor web logs for unusual activity related to the search functionality. Finally, organizations should engage with PHPGurukul or the software vendor to obtain updates or patches as soon as they become available.
Description
PHPGurukul Complaint Management System 2.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via the search parameter in user-search.php.