SourceCodester Contact Manager with Export to VCF 1.0 index.html contact_name cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Contact Manager with Export to VCF 1.0. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the file index.html. Such manipulation of the argument contact_name leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-8337. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in SourceCodester Contact Manager with Export to VCF 1.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file index.html. The manipulation of the argument contact_name with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-8337. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The exploit is available at github.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:index.html it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.0

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/30/2024 🔍
08/30/2024 +0 days 🔍
03/11/2025 +193 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sourcecodester.com

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-8337 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-8337
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-276212
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 08/30/2024 07:48
Updated: 03/11/2025 17:24
Changes: 08/30/2024 07:48 (53), 08/31/2024 15:10 (18), 09/04/2024 04:38 (1), 09/05/2024 03:44 (11), 09/17/2024 10:45 (2), 03/11/2025 17:24 (3)
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Submitter: guru
Cache ID: 216::103

Submitinfo

Accepted

  • Submit #399338: SourceCodester Contact Manager with Export to VCF 1.0 Improper Neutralization of Alternate XSS Syntax (by guru)

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Discussion

 guru (+0)
2 years ago
Add POC Link:
https://github.com/gurudattch/CVEs/blob/main/SourceCodester-Contact-managemet-system-Stored-XSS.md

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