CVE-2024-2518
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 was found in MAGESH-K21 Online-College-Event-Hall-Reservation-System 1.0 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file book_history.php. The manipulation of the argument id leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-256955. 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 · moderate confidenceA reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the book_history.php file of MAGESH-K21 Online-College-Event-Hall-Reservation-System 1.0. The 'id' parameter is not properly sanitized, allowing attackers to inject malicious JavaScript code that executes in victim browsers when they access crafted URLs.
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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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Locate the book_history.php fileSearch the web server document root for the file named 'book_history.php' within the MAGESH-K21 Online College Event Hall Reservation System installation directoryAffected if The file exists in the application's web directory and the application is version 1.0
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Confirm the application versionInspect the application for a version identifier, typically found in a README file, about page, or in the source code comments/headers. Compare against version 1.0Affected if The installed version is exactly 1.0
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Verify the 'id' parameter is used without sanitizationOpen book_history.php and search for code that handles the 'id' parameter (e.g., $_GET['id']). Check if the value is directly echoed or reflected in HTML output without using functions like htmlspecialchars(), htmlentities(), or other output encodingAffected if The 'id' parameter is directly output in HTML without proper sanitization or encoding functions
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Test for reflected XSS vulnerabilitySubmit a benign XSS payload (such as <script>alert(1)</script>) as the 'id' parameter value in a GET request to book_history.php (e.g., book_history.php?id=<script>alert(1)</script>). Examine the response to see if the payload is rendered as-is in the HTML outputAffected if The malicious payload is reflected verbatim in the response without being escaped or encoded
The environment is affected if the MAGESH-K21 Online College Event Hall Reservation System version 1.0 is installed, the book_history.php file exists, and the 'id' parameter is reflected in HTML output without encoding.
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 'id' parameter in book_history.php. Use context-appropriate escaping when reflecting user input in HTML output.
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