CVE-2024-23876
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 has been reported in Cups Easy (Purchase & Inventory), version 1.0, whereby user-controlled inputs are not sufficiently encoded, resulting in a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via /cupseasylive/taxstructurecreate.php, in the description parameter. Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to send a specially crafted URL to an authenticated user and steal their session cookie credentials.
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 reflected XSS vulnerability exists in Cups Easy (Purchase & Inventory) v1.0 where the description parameter in /cupseasylive/taxstructurecreate.php is not properly sanitized or output-encoded, allowing injection of malicious JavaScript that can be executed in authenticated user browsers to steal session cookie credentials.
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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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Identify Cups Easy installationLook for the application directory /cupseasylive/ on your web server. Check your web server logs or file system for the presence of the Cups Easy (Purchase & Inventory) application.Affected if The application is installed at /cupseasylive/
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Confirm the version is 1.0Check the application version by inspecting the source files, README, or any version information file included with the Cups Easy installation. Compare your installed version to the affected version (= 1.0).Affected if The installed version is exactly 1.0
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Verify the vulnerable script existsCheck if the file /cupseasylive/taxstructurecreate.php exists in your web root or application directory.Affected if The file taxstructurecreate.php exists in the cupseasylive directory
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Determine if authentication is in useCheck whether the application requires user authentication to access the taxstructurecreate.php endpoint. Review the application's session management configuration and determine if users must log in to reach this functionality.Affected if The application permits authenticated access to the taxstructurecreate.php endpoint
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Inspect session cookie configurationExamine the session cookie settings for the application. Check if HttpOnly and Secure flags are set on session cookies by reviewing your application code, PHP configuration (session.cookie_httponly and session.cookie_secure), or by inspecting cookies in a browser's developer tools.Affected if Session cookies lack HttpOnly or Secure flags, making them vulnerable to theft via XSS
You are affected if you have Cups Easy v1.0 installed with the taxstructurecreate.php endpoint accessible to authenticated users, and your session cookies do not have HttpOnly and Secure flags configured.
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 proper output encoding for the description parameter, and configure session cookies with HttpOnly and Secure flags to prevent credential theft.
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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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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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