Stored XSS via unencoded profile fields
Published Dec 21, 2023 · Updated Aug 2, 2024
Stored XSS in PHPGurukul Online Notes Sharing System 1.0 allows remote authenticated users to execute scripts through profile updates. The user/profile.php page stores name and email values and embeds them into HTML without sanitization or context-appropriate output encoding. Exploitation requires an account and a user to view the stored profile; injected script runs in the viewer's browser context.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in PHPGurukul Online Notes Sharing System 1.0 allows remote authenticated users to execute scripts through profile updates. The user/profile.php page stores name and email values and embeds them into HTML without sanitization or context-appropriate output encoding. Exploitation requires an account and a user to view the stored profile; injected script runs in the viewer's browser context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-7050
- Published
- Dec 21, 2023
- Updated
- Aug 2, 2024
- Vendor
- PHPGurukul
- Product
- Online Notes Sharing System
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 21, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 2, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=1.0
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Attacks
What attackers are doing with it
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Profile name and email stored-XSS proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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