CVE-2024-23881
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/statelist.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 confidenceCross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cups Easy (Purchase & Inventory) v1.0. The description parameter at /cupseasylive/statelist.php lacks proper input sanitization/output encoding, allowing injection of malicious JavaScript. When an authenticated user visits a crafted URL, attacker-controlled script executes in their browser context, enabling session cookie theft.
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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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Verify Cups Easy installation existsCheck if the web server hosts the /cupseasylive/ directory by accessing the application base URL or listing web root directories.Affected if The application directory /cupseasylive/ exists on the server.
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Confirm statelist.php is presentAccess the URL path /cupseasylive/statelist.php in a web browser or via curl to verify the file exists and is reachable.Affected if The file statelist.php returns an HTTP response (200 or redirect) rather than a 404 error.
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Verify authentication is enabledCheck if the application requires login by attempting to access statelist.php without credentials; look for redirect to login page or session-based access control.Affected if The statelist.php endpoint is protected and requires a valid authenticated session to access.
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Inspect session cookie configurationLog into the application and use browser developer tools or curl to inspect the session cookie attributes (Set-Cookie header). Check for HttpOnly and Secure flags.Affected if Session cookies lack the HttpOnly flag, making them accessible to JavaScript and vulnerable to theft via XSS.
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Test for parameter reflectionSend a crafted request to /cupseasylive/statelist.php with a benign test payload in the description parameter (e.g., <script>alert(1)</script>) and observe if it is reflected unescaped in the response.Affected if The description parameter value is returned in the response without HTML encoding, indicating lack of output sanitization.
A user is affected if Cups Easy v1.0 is installed, the statelist.php file is accessible, and the description parameter reflects unescaped input in the response while the session cookie lacks HttpOnly protection.
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 output encoding/sanitization for the description parameter in statelist.php. Additionally, set HttpOnly and Secure flags on session cookies to reduce XSS impact.
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