# CVE-2023-5305: Online Banquet Booking System Contact Us Page mail.php cross site scripting

> Attackers can inject malicious scripts via the message field in the Contact Us page, 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:** 30 Sep 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cg49-4g83-74v9

## What is CVE-2023-5305?

CVE-2023-5305 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Online Banquet Booking System, published on 30 Sep 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 Online Banquet Booking System 1.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /mail.php of the component Contact Us Page. The manipulation of the argument message leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-240944.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5305?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Anujk305 Online Banquet Booking System.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-5305?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5305 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-5305 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5305 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Online Banquet Booking System

- [CVE-2023-5304](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5304/): Online Banquet Booking System Service Booking book-services.php cross site scripting (low 3.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-5305 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-5305 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Online Banquet Booking System, published on 30 Sep 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-2023-5305 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Online Banquet 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-2023-5305/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5305/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5305
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5305
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5305

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5305/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.