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Cups EasyApplication · Ajaysharma

CVE-2024-23890

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/itempopup.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 confidence

A reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in Cups Easy Purchase & Inventory v1.0 at /cupseasylive/itempopup.php. The description parameter does not properly encode user-controlled input, allowing injection of malicious JavaScript. An attacker can craft a URL that, when clicked by an authenticated user, executes arbitrary script in the victim's browser to steal session cookies.

MitigationApply output encoding (e.g., htmlspecialchars with ENT_QUOTES) to the description parameter before rendering, and implement proper input validation. Consider adding Content-Security-Policy headers to mitigate XSS.

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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. Confirm Cups Easy Purchase & Inventory v1.0 is installed
    Locate the application installation directory and check the version identifier in the application files, typically found in a version file, README, or the main entry point of the application.
    Affected if The installed version is exactly 1.0 (Cups Easy) as specified in the affected products.
  2. Verify the vulnerable file exists
    Check for the presence of /cupseasylive/itempopup.php in the web root or application directory.
    Affected if The file /cupseasylive/itempopup.php exists in the deployed application.
  3. Confirm authentication is required
    Review the application's authentication mechanism and determine whether access to itempopup.php requires a valid user session.
    Affected if The application requires user authentication to access the vulnerable endpoint, which is required for the reflected XSS to execute in a victim's browser.
  4. Inspect the description parameter handling
    Review the source code of itempopup.php and locate how the description parameter is processed and output. Look for whether htmlspecialchars with ENT_QUOTES or equivalent output encoding is applied before rendering.
    Affected if The description parameter is echoed back to the user without proper output encoding, allowing injection of malicious JavaScript.
  5. Test for reflected XSS vulnerability
    If you have access to a test environment with an authenticated session, craft a URL with a benign XSS payload in the description parameter (e.g., ?description=<script>alert('XSS')</script>) and observe whether the script executes in the browser.
    Affected if The payload is reflected unmodified in the response and executes in the victim's browser when they click the crafted URL.

A user is affected if they have Cups Easy Purchase & Inventory version 1.0 deployed with the /cupseasylive/itempopup.php file accessible to authenticated users and the description parameter lacks proper output 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

Apply output encoding (e.g., htmlspecialchars with ENT_QUOTES) to the description parameter before rendering, and implement proper input validation. Consider adding Content-Security-Policy headers to mitigate XSS.

Fix this in Cups Easy Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
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