# CVE-2022-4738: SourceCodester Blood Bank Management System User Registration cross site scripting

> An attacker can inject malicious scripts via the Name field in user registration, potentially compromising user sessions or data.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Dec 2022
- **Updated:** 19 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-83rq-q2r9-45f7

## What is CVE-2022-4738?

CVE-2022-4738 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Blood Bank Management System, published on 25 Dec 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in SourceCodester Blood Bank Management System 1.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file index.php?page=users of the component User Registration Handler. The manipulation of the argument Name leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. VDB-216774 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4738?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Blood Bank Management System Project Blood Bank Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-4738?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4738 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-4738 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4738 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Blood Bank Management System

- [CVE-2022-4737](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4737/): SourceCodester Blood Bank Management System login.php sql injection (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2025-1967](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1967/): code-projects Blood Bank Management System donor.php cross site scripting (medium 5.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-4738 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-4738 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Blood Bank Management System, published on 25 Dec 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4738 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SourceCodester Blood Bank Management System. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4738/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4738/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4738
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4738
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-4738

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4738/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.