Vulnerability · Published Apr 2, 2023 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2023-1796SourceCodester Employee Payslip Generator Create News cross site scripting

Low 2.4

In plain English

A low-severity cross-site scripting in Employee Payslip Generator from SourceCodester. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 46% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)2.4Low

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 54.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in SourceCodester Employee Payslip Generator 1.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file /classes/Master.php?f=save_position of the component Create News Handler. The manipulation of the argument name with the input <script>alert(document.cookie)</script> 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. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-224748.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
SourceCodester	Employee Payslip Generator	1.0

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

https://vuldb.com/?id.224748 vdb-entry, technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.224748 signature, permissions-required
https://github.com/Jean-Astruc/bug_report/blob/main/XSS-1.md exploit