# CVE-2023-1006: SourceCodester Medical Certificate Generator App New Record cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via patient or doctor name fields in the Medical Certificate Generator App, potentially executing code in victim browsers.

- **Severity:** Low 3.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 11 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j6m9-rjm3-mq89

## What is CVE-2023-1006?

CVE-2023-1006 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Medical Certificate Generator App, published on 24 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Medical Certificate Generator App 1.0. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component New Record Handler. The manipulation of the argument Firstname/Middlename/Lastname/Suffix/Nationality/Doctor Fullname/Doctor Suffix with the input "><script>prompt(1)</script> leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-221739.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-1006?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Medical Certificate Generator App Project Medical Certificate Generator App.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-1006?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-1006 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-1006 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1006 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Medical Certificate Generator App

- [CVE-2023-0774](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0774/): SourceCodester Medical Certificate Generator App action.php sql injection (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2023-1566](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1566/): SourceCodester Medical Certificate Generator App action.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-0706](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0706/): SourceCodester Medical Certificate Generator App manage_record.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-0707](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0707/): SourceCodester Medical Certificate Generator App function.php delete_record sql injection (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-1006 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-1006 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Medical Certificate Generator App, published on 24 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1006 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SourceCodester Medical Certificate Generator App. 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-2023-1006/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1006/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1006
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1006
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-1006

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1006/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.