# CVE-2023-44173: Online Movie Ticket Booking System v1.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

> An authenticated attacker can inject malicious scripts into the Online Movie Ticket Booking System, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Sep 2023
- **Updated:** 23 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gm8m-ppc9-59jw

## What is CVE-2023-44173?

CVE-2023-44173 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Online Movie Ticket Booking System, published on 28 Sep 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Online Movie Ticket Booking System v1.0 is vulnerable to

an authenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-44173?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Projectworlds Online Movie Ticket Booking System.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-44173?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-44173 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-44173 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-44173 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Online Movie Ticket Booking System

- [CVE-2023-44163](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44163/): Online Movie Ticket Booking System v1.0 - Multiple Unauthenticated SQL Injections (SQLi) (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-44164](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44164/): Online Movie Ticket Booking System v1.0 - Multiple Unauthenticated SQL Injections (SQLi) (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-44166](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44166/): Online Movie Ticket Booking System v1.0 - Multiple Unauthenticated SQL Injections (SQLi) (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-44866](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44866/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-44174](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44174/): Online Movie Ticket Booking System v1.0 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-44173 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-44173 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Online Movie Ticket Booking System, published on 28 Sep 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-44173 exists.

Affected product: Online Movie Ticket Booking 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-2023-44173/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44173/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-44173
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-44173
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-44173

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44173/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.