CVE-2024-8140 (GCVE-0-2024-8140)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-08-25 01:31 – Updated: 2024-08-26 15:46
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
SourceCodester Task Progress Tracker update-task.php cross site scripting
Summary
A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Task Progress Tracker 1.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file update-task.php. The manipulation of the argument task_name leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-08-26 14:02 UTC
CWE
- CWE-79 - Cross Site Scripting
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://vuldb.com/?id.275720 | vdb-entrytechnical-description |
| https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.275720 | signaturepermissions-required |
| https://vuldb.com/?submit.396892 | third-party-advisory |
| https://github.com/jadu101/CVE/blob/main/SourceCo… | exploitpatch |
| https://www.sourcecodester.com/ | product |
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SourceCodester | Task Progress Tracker |
Affected:
1.0
|
guessed | |
| sourcecodester | task_progress_tracker |
Affected:
1.0
cpe:2.3:a:sourcecodester:task_progress_tracker:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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