CVE-2024-25854
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 · uneditedCross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Sourcecodester Insurance Management System 1.0 allows attackers to run arbitrary code via the Subject and Description fields when submitting a support ticket.
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 confidenceCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Sourcecodester Insurance Management System 1.0 allows attackers to inject malicious JavaScript code through the Subject and Description fields when submitting support tickets. The application fails to properly sanitize user input before rendering it in the response, enabling script execution in the context of other users' browsers.
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 installed version of the Insurance Management SystemCheck for version information in the application - common locations include an 'about' page, the footer of main pages, a config file, or a readme file included with the installation. Compare your installed version against version 1.0.Affected if The installed version is Munyweki Insurance Management System version 1.0 exactly.
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Confirm the support ticket submission feature is accessibleLocate the support ticket or helpdesk submission form in the application - typically found in a 'Support', 'Helpdesk', or 'Tickets' section accessible to authenticated or unauthenticated users.Affected if The support ticket submission form with Subject and Description fields is accessible in the application.
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Identify the source code handling ticket submission and displayLocate the PHP files that process the support ticket form submission and the files that render ticket data back to users. Look for files related to ticket creation and ticket viewing.Affected if The application uses PHP files to handle ticket submission and display without proper input sanitization routines.
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Inspect input handling for Subject and Description fieldsExamine the code that processes the Subject and Description form inputs. Check whether htmlspecialchars(), htmlentities(), or equivalent sanitization functions are applied before storing or displaying the data.Affected if The code does not use output encoding functions like htmlspecialchars() when rendering the Subject and Description fields in the response.
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Verify lack of Content Security Policy headerCheck the HTTP response headers from the application to see if a Content-Security-Policy header is configured. This can be done via browser dev tools, curl -I command, or examining server configuration.Affected if No Content-Security-Policy header is set, meaning there is no defense-in-depth mitigation against XSS.
You are affected if you are running Munyweki Insurance Management System version 1.0 and the support ticket feature with Subject and Description fields is accessible and renders user input 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 input validation and output encoding: sanitize all user-supplied input in the Subject and Description fields using htmlspecialchars() or equivalent encoding functions before displaying, and consider implementing a content security policy (CSP) header as a defense-in-depth measure.
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