CVE-2024-2533
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 /admin/update-users.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. VDB-256970 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. 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 /admin/update-users.php file of the Online-College-Event-Hall-Reservation-System 1.0. The 'id' parameter is not properly sanitized before being reflected in the HTML output, allowing an attacker to inject malicious JavaScript that executes in the context of a victim's browser.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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 the application is installedIdentify if the Online College Event Hall Reservation System is running in your environment. Check web server directories for the application files or look for running processes serving this application.Affected if The application is not present in your environment.
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Confirm the application versionLocate the application source files and check for version indicators such as version files, readme files, or admin login pages that may display version information. Compare the installed version to the affected range: version 1.0.Affected if The installed version is 1.0.
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Check for the vulnerable file existenceInspect your web server directories for the file /admin/update-users.php. This file should exist in the web root or application directory.Affected if The file /admin/update-users.php does not exist in your installation.
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Verify the vulnerable parameter is accessibleAccess the /admin/update-users.php endpoint with a test 'id' parameter (for example: /admin/update-users.php?id=test123) and inspect the HTML response to see if the id value is reflected without sanitization.Affected if The 'id' parameter is reflected in the HTML output without proper encoding or sanitization.
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Confirm admin interface is reachableVerify that the /admin/ interface is accessible (not restricted by IP whitelisting, authentication barriers, or network segmentation) to an attacker who could exploit this reflected XSS.Affected if The admin update-users.php endpoint is accessible to untrusted users.
You are affected if the Online College Event Hall Reservation System version 1.0 is installed, the /admin/update-users.php file exists, and the 'id' parameter is reflected in HTML output without sanitization.
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 update-users.php, using context-aware escaping functions and validating input against expected patterns.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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