# CVE-2024-0499: SourceCodester House Rental Management System index.php cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via the page parameter in index.php, potentially compromising user sessions in the House Rental Management System.

- **Severity:** Low 2.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 14 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mqc7-v4fm-g5v8

## What is CVE-2024-0499?

CVE-2024-0499 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester House Rental Management System, published on 13 Jan 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in SourceCodester House Rental Management System 1.0. 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 associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-250607.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0499?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oretnom23 House Rental Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0499?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0499 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-0499 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-0499 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester House Rental Management System

- [CVE-2024-0502](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0502/): SourceCodester House Rental Management System Edit User manage_user.php sql injection (medium 4.7)
- [CVE-2024-0500](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0500/): SourceCodester House Rental Management System Manage Tenant Details cross site scripting (low 2.4)
- [CVE-2024-0501](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0501/): SourceCodester House Rental Management System Manage Invoice Details cross site scripting (low 2.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0499 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0499 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester House Rental Management System, published on 13 Jan 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, 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-2024-0499 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester House Rental Management 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-2024-0499/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0499/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0499
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0499
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0499

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0499/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.