cve-2024-4683
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-05-09 18:31
Modified
2024-08-01 20:47
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
3.5 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
3.5 (Low) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Summary
A vulnerability was found in Campcodes Complete Web-Based School Management System 1.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /view/exam_timetable_insert_form.php. The manipulation of the argument exam leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-263624.
References
cna@vuldb.comhttps://github.com/E1CHO/cve_hub/blob/main/Complete%20Web-Based%20School%20Management%20System%20-%20xss/Complete%20Web-Based%20School%20Management%20System%20-%20vuln%2030.pdfExploit
cna@vuldb.comhttps://vuldb.com/?ctiid.263624Permissions Required, VDB Entry
cna@vuldb.comhttps://vuldb.com/?id.263624Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cna@vuldb.comhttps://vuldb.com/?submit.331773Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/E1CHO/cve_hub/blob/main/Complete%20Web-Based%20School%20Management%20System%20-%20xss/Complete%20Web-Based%20School%20Management%20System%20-%20vuln%2030.pdfExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.263624Permissions Required, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://vuldb.com/?id.263624Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://vuldb.com/?submit.331773Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Campcodes Complete Web-Based School Management System Version: 1.0
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