CVE-2024-2515
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, which was classified as problematic, has been found in MAGESH-K21 Online-College-Event-Hall-Reservation-System 1.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file home.php. The manipulation of the argument id leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-256952. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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 cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the Online-College-Event-Hall-Reservation-System 1.0 (home.php) where the 'id' parameter is not properly sanitized before being output in the response, allowing injection of malicious script.
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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 product installation and versionLocate the Online-College-Event-Hall-Reservation-System application files and check for version indicators in the source code, such as version strings in configuration files, headers, or the application itself. Compare your installed version to the affected range (= 1.0).Affected if The application is installed and the version is 1.0
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Verify home.php existsLocate the home.php file within the application's web directory structure. This is the file referenced in the CVE as containing the vulnerability.Affected if The home.php file exists in the application root or web-accessible directory
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Check if the id parameter is processedExamine the application's web logs or usage patterns to determine if the 'id' parameter is passed to home.php via GET or POST requests. Review any routing or parameter handling code in the application.Affected if The application processes requests that include an 'id' parameter to home.php
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Inspect home.php for unsanitized outputReview the home.php source code and search for instances where the 'id' parameter is directly output or echoed back to the user without proper sanitization, input validation, or output encoding.Affected if The 'id' parameter is output in the response without sanitization or encoding, allowing script injection
If the Online College Event Hall Reservation System version 1.0 is installed and home.php processes and outputs the 'id' parameter without sanitization, the environment is affected by this reflected XSS vulnerability.
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 output encoding for the 'id' parameter in home.php; use context-aware output escaping and consider implementing a content security policy (CSP) as defense-in-depth.
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