# CVE-2023-6616: SourceCodester Simple Student Attendance System index.php cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via the page parameter in index.php, potentially compromising user sessions or executing code.

- **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:** 8 Dec 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8v5w-3h96-3px9

## What is CVE-2023-6616?

CVE-2023-6616 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Simple Student Attendance System, published on 8 Dec 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 Simple Student Attendance System 1.0 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument page leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-247253 was assigned to this vulnerability.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6616?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oretnom23 Simple Student Attendance System.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-6616?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6616 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-6616 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6616 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Simple Student Attendance System

- [CVE-2023-51801](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51801/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-1923](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1923/): SourceCodester Simple Student Attendance System List of Classes Page ajax-api.php delete_student sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-7058](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7058/): SourceCodester Simple Student Attendance System path traversal (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2024-25551](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25551/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2023-51802](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51802/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-6616 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-6616 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Simple Student Attendance System, published on 8 Dec 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-2023-6616 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SourceCodester Simple Student Attendance 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-2023-6616/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6616/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6616
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6616
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-6616

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.