CVE-2024-2065
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 SourceCodester Barangay Population Monitoring System up to 1.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /endpoint/update-resident.php. The manipulation of the argument full_name leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-255380.
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 · high confidenceA stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the SourceCodester Barangay Population Monitoring System up to v1.0. The `full_name` parameter in `/endpoint/update-resident.php` does not properly sanitize user input, allowing injection of malicious JavaScript that executes when resident data is displayed to other 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= 1.0CVSS 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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Confirm the application is installedLook for the SourceCodester Barangay Population Monitoring System by checking for the presence of the file /endpoint/update-resident.php in the web root directory, or search for files containing 'Barangay Population Monitoring System' in their content.Affected if The file /endpoint/update-resident.php exists on the server.
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Verify the installed versionCheck for a version file, README, or any file containing version information within the application directory. Compare the version number to v1.0.Affected if The installed version is exactly 1.0.
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Identify if the update-resident.php endpoint accepts full_name inputLocate and inspect /endpoint/update-resident.php and examine how the full_name parameter is processed. Look for any database insertion or storage of this parameter.Affected if The endpoint accepts a full_name parameter and stores it without sanitization.
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Check the output display mechanismIdentify where resident data is displayed to users (such as admin dashboards or resident lists). Examine how the full_name field is rendered in HTML context.Affected if The full_name field from stored resident data is rendered in HTML without output encoding.
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Confirm the XSS injection pointTest or examine the code flow from /endpoint/update-resident.php to the display page. Verify that malicious JavaScript in full_name would execute when other users view the resident data.Affected if User-supplied full_name data is stored and reflected back to other users without sanitization.
The environment is affected if the SourceCodester Barangay Population Monitoring System v1.0 is installed and the /endpoint/update-resident.php endpoint stores full_name data that gets displayed to users without output encoding.
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 input validation and output encoding for the `full_name` parameter and all user-supplied data fields. Use a standard HTML encoding library when rendering user data and consider implementing a Content Security Policy (CSP) header.
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