# CVE-2023-3309: SourceCodester Resort Reservation System Manage Room Page ?page=rooms cross site scripting

> An attacker can inject malicious scripts into the Resort Reservation System via the Cottage Number field, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **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:** 18 Jun 2023
- **Updated:** 18 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v3wm-9v28-m85w

## What is CVE-2023-3309?

CVE-2023-3309 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Resort Reservation System, published on 18 Jun 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 classified as problematic was found in SourceCodester Resort Reservation System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file ?page=rooms of the component Manage Room Page. The manipulation of the argument Cottage Number leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely. The identifier VDB-231805 was assigned to this vulnerability.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-3309?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Resort Reservation System Project Resort Reservation System.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-3309?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-3309 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-3309 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-3309 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Resort Reservation System

- [CVE-2023-4193](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4193/): SourceCodester Resort Reservation System view_fee.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-4191](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4191/): SourceCodester Resort Reservation System index.php file inclusion (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-4192](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4192/): SourceCodester Resort Reservation System manage_user.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-2363](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2363/): SourceCodester Resort Reservation System view_room.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-43458](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-43458/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-3309 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-3309 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Resort Reservation System, published on 18 Jun 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-3309 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Resort Reservation 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-2023-3309/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3309/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3309
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3309
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-3309

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3309/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.