CVE-2024-23880
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/taxcodelist.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 · moderate confidenceCross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cups Easy (Purchase & Inventory) v1.0 at /cupseasylive/taxcodelist.php. The 'description' parameter accepts user-controlled input without proper encoding/sanitization, allowing injection of malicious JavaScript. An attacker can craft a URL that, when clicked by an authenticated user, executes arbitrary script in the user's browser 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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Confirm Cups Easy installationLocate and examine the application's version file, header, or about page to determine if the installed version is Cups Easy (Purchase & Inventory) version 1.0Affected if The installed version is Cups Easy v1.0
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Verify taxcodelist.php existsCheck for the presence of the file /cupseasylive/taxcodelist.php in the web root directoryAffected if The file taxcodelist.php exists in the /cupseasylive/ directory
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Inspect the description parameter handlingExamine the source code of taxcodelist.php and locate the code handling the 'description' parameter. Look for whether input is validated and whether output is encoded using functions like htmlspecialchars() or equivalentAffected if The description parameter lacks proper output encoding (e.g., no htmlspecialchars() or equivalent when rendering user input)
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Confirm authentication requirementVerify whether accessing taxcodelist.php requires a valid authenticated sessionAffected if The page is accessible to authenticated users (since the attack requires an authenticated session to execute)
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Test for XSS in description parameterUsing an authenticated session, navigate to taxcodelist.php and inject a benign test payload (e.g., <script>alert('XSS')</script>) into the description parameter, then check if the script executes in the browserAffected if The injected JavaScript executes in the browser without being escaped or encoded
You are affected if you are running Cups Easy v1.0 with taxcodelist.php present and the description parameter does not properly encode output before rendering in HTML.
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 for the description parameter in taxcodelist.php. Use context-appropriate encoding (e.g., htmlspecialchars() for HTML output) and consider implementing Content Security Policy headers. Additionally, mark cookies as HttpOnly to prevent JavaScript access.
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