CVE-2023-3861
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA vulnerability was found in phpscriptpoint Insurance 1.2. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /search.php. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely. The identifier VDB-235213 was assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceA cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the /search.php file of phpscriptpoint Insurance 1.2. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject malicious JavaScript code through unsanitized user input, potentially compromising user sessions or performing actions on behalf of authenticated users.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 1.2CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate the phpscriptpoint Insurance installationSearch the web server document root for files bearing the phpscriptpoint name, such as index.php, header.php, or configuration files that contain the product name.Affected if The software is present on the server
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Determine the installed versionOpen the main index.php, a README file, or any version/configuration file in the installation directory and locate the version number.Affected if The installed version is exactly 1.2
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Verify search.php existsCheck for the presence of search.php in the web-accessible directory, typically in the root or a subdirectory of the phpscriptpoint installation.Affected if The search.php file exists in the application
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Confirm search functionality is accessibleAttempt to access the search.php file via HTTP request (for example, visit http://yourdomain.com/path/to/search.php) to verify it is reachable and functional.Affected if The search.php page loads without errors or access restrictions
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Inspect input handling in search.phpOpen search.php in a text editor and examine how user-supplied parameters (such as query strings or form inputs) are processed. Look for lack of sanitization, validation, or output encoding before the data is rendered in HTML.Affected if User input is reflected in the page output without sanitization or escaping
You are affected if phpscriptpoint Insurance version 1.2 is installed, the search.php file exists and is accessible, and user input in the search function is not sanitized before output.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement proper input validation and output encoding/escaping on all user-supplied data in search.php. Use context-appropriate escaping functions and consider implementing a Content Security Policy (CSP) header as defense-in-depth.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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