Victim-browser script execution via unneutralized category output
Published Dec 1, 2022 · Updated Apr 15, 2025
Cross-site scripting in SourceCodester Canteen Management System allows remote authenticated users to execute script via categories.php. The builtin_echo function writes attacker-controlled data into the generated page without context-appropriate neutralization. Low-privileged access and victim interaction are required, and successful exploitation changes content in the victim browser without interrupting the service.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site scripting in SourceCodester Canteen Management System allows remote authenticated users to execute script via categories.php. The builtin_echo function writes attacker-controlled data into the generated page without context-appropriate neutralization. Low-privileged access and victim interaction are required, and successful exploitation changes content in the victim browser without interrupting the service.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-4252
- Published
- Dec 1, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 15, 2025
- Vendor
- Online Movie Ticket Booking System
- Product
- Canteen Management System
- Classifications
- CWE-707, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 1, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 15, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=n/a
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Attacks
What attackers are doing with it
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Public exploit references
- CSDN categories.php cross-site scripting proof of conceptproof of concept · unverified
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