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Cross-site Scripting occurrences in Canteen Management System
A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Canteen Management System. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function builtin_echo of the file categories.php. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-214629 was assigned to this vulnerability. (2022-12-01, CVE-2022-4252)
A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Canteen Management System. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function builtin_echo of the file customer.php. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-214630 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. (2022-12-01, CVE-2022-4253)
A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Canteen Management System. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function builtin_echo of the file youthappam/brand.php. The manipulation of the argument brand_name leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-214595. (2022-11-30, CVE-2022-4234)
A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Canteen Management System. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function query of the file food.php. The manipulation of the argument product_name leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-214359. (2022-11-25, CVE-2022-4091)
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Canteen Management System v1.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload. (2022-11-08, CVE-2022-43144)
Why Cross-site Scripting can be dangerous
Cross site scripting is an attack where a web page executes code that is injected by an adversary. It usually appears, when users input is presented. This attack can be used to impersonate a user, take over control of the session, or even steal API keys.
The attack can be executed e.g. when you application injects the request parameter directly into the HTML code of the page returned to the user:
https://server.com/confirmation?message=Transaction+Complete
what results in:
<span>Confirmation: Transaction Complete</span>
In that case the message can be modified to become a valid Javascript code, e.g.:
https://server.com/confirmation?message=<script>dangerous javascript code here</script>
and it will be executed locally by the user's browser with full access to the user's personal application/browser data:
<span>Confirmation: <script>dangerous javascript code here</script></span>