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Cups EasyApplication · Ajaysharma

CVE-2024-23886

MEDIUM · 6.1 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-01-26
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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68/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges

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 · unedited
A 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/itemmodify.php, in the bincardinfo 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 confidence

Reflected XSS vulnerability in Cups Easy Purchase & Inventory v1.0 where the bincardinfo parameter in /cupseasylive/itemmodify.php does not properly encode user-controlled input, allowing injection of malicious JavaScript to steal session cookies.

MitigationImplement input validation and output encoding for the bincardinfo parameter. Apply context-appropriate HTML encoding/escaping before rendering user input in the application response.

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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
Cups EasyApplication
Affected:= 1.0

CVSS 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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Verify Cups Easy Purchase & Inventory v1.0 is installed
    Locate the application installation directory and check for files or version indicators specific to Cups Easy Purchase & Inventory v1.0. Common locations include web server document roots (htdocs, www, public_html) or application-specific directories.
    Affected if The application directory contains files from Cups Easy Purchase & Inventory version 1.0
  2. Confirm the vulnerable PHP file exists
    Check if the file /cupseasylive/itemmodify.php exists within the application installation directory. Navigate to the suspected application root and search for this specific path.
    Affected if The file cupseasylive/itemmodify.php exists in the application
  3. Verify the bincardinfo parameter is accepted
    Examine the itemmodify.php source code or test the endpoint by submitting a request with the bincardinfo parameter. Use a web proxy or command-line tool (curl) to send a request containing a test value in this parameter and observe the response.
    Affected if The bincardinfo parameter is accepted and reflected in the application response without encoding
  4. Check if the application is accessible over the network
    Determine if the web server hosting Cups Easy is running and the application is reachable via HTTP/HTTPS. Attempt to access the application's login page or the vulnerable endpoint directly.
    Affected if The application is accessible and the vulnerable endpoint can be reached
  5. Inspect input handling in the application code
    Review the itemmodify.php file for the bincardinfo parameter handling. Look for how user input is processed and whether output encoding functions (htmlspecialchars, htmlentities) are applied before reflecting the parameter in HTML output.
    Affected if The bincardinfo parameter is directly output without proper HTML encoding

A user is affected if Cups Easy Purchase & Inventory v1.0 is installed, the itemmodify.php file exists, and the bincardinfo parameter reflects user input without HTML encoding.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement input validation and output encoding for the bincardinfo parameter. Apply context-appropriate HTML encoding/escaping before rendering user input in the application response.

Fix this in Cups Easy Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
12.0 hours of engineering $2,130
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