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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in SourceCodester Online Food Ordering System 1.0. This impacts an unknown function of the component Category Management Module. Executing a manipulation of the argument Category Name can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-30527. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability has been found in SourceCodester Online Food Ordering System 1.0 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component Category Management Module. The manipulation of the argument Category Name with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in SourceCodester Online Food Ordering System v1.0 in the Category management module within the admin panel. The application fails to properly sanitize user input supplied to the "Category Name" field when creating or updating a category. When an administrator or user visits the Category list page (or any page where this category is rendered), the injected JavaScript executes immediately in their browser.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-30527 since 03/04/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-16672). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• SourceCodester

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• Online Food Ordering System

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• 1.0

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• free

Website

• Vendor: https://www.sourcecodester.com/

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