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Cross-site Scripting occurrences in Online Event Booking And Reservation System
An HTML injection vulnerability exists in Sourcecodester Online Event Booking and Reservation System in PHP/MySQL via the msg parameter to /event-management/index.php. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability in order to change the visibility of the website. Once the target user clicks on a given link he will display the content of the HTML code of the attacker's choice. (2021-11-05, CVE-2021-42663)
A Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in Sourcecodester Online Event Booking and Reservation System in PHP/MySQL via the Holiday reason parameter. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability in order to run javascript commands on the web server surfers behalf, which can lead to cookie stealing and more. (2021-11-05, CVE-2021-42662)
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>