Cross-site Scripting (XSS)Weakness · CWE-79

CVE-2026-39112

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-04-20
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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58/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable

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
Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Apartment Visitors Management System Apartment Visitors Management System V1.1 in the visname parameter of visitors-form.php. An authenticated attacker can inject arbitrary JavaScript that is later executed when the malicious input is viewed in manage-newvisitors.php or visitor-detail.php.

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 stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the Apartment Visitors Management System V1.1. An authenticated attacker can inject arbitrary JavaScript code via the visname parameter in visitors-form.php. The malicious payload is stored in the database and executes when administrative users view the visitor data in manage-newvisitors.php or visitor-detail.php.

MitigationImplement strict input validation and sanitization on the visname parameter in visitors-form.php, and apply output encoding when rendering visitor names in manage-newvisitors.php and visitor-detail.php to prevent script execution.

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From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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

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  1. Identify if Apartment Visitors Management System is installed
    Locate the web application's document root directory and check for visitors-form.php, manage-newvisitors.php, and visitor-detail.php files. Check any version information in README, about page, or source code headers.
    Affected if The application files visitors-form.php, manage-newvisitors.php, and visitor-detail.php exist in the environment.
  2. Verify the visname parameter is accepted as input
    Locate and inspect visitors-form.php to confirm it accepts a visname parameter. Check the form handling code to see how the visitor name is processed and stored.
    Affected if The visitors-form.php file exists and processes a visname parameter without visible sanitization.
  3. Inspect database for stored XSS payloads in visitor records
    Query the database table that stores visitor information (typically named 'visitors' or similar). Look for HTML or script tags in the visitor name field that may indicate exploitation.
    Affected if The database contains visitor records with unsanitized HTML or script tags in name-related fields.
  4. Check if output pages render visitor names without encoding
    Examine the source code of manage-newvisitors.php and visitor-detail.php to determine if visitor names are output with proper HTML encoding (htmlspecialchars or equivalent).
    Affected if The manage-newvisitors.php or visitor-detail.php files render visitor names directly without HTML encoding.

The environment is affected if the Apartment Visitors Management System V1.1 is installed, the visname parameter in visitors-form.php accepts unsanitized input, and the output pages render visitor names without HTML 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

Implement strict input validation and sanitization on the visname parameter in visitors-form.php, and apply output encoding when rendering visitor names in manage-newvisitors.php and visitor-detail.php to prevent script execution.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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