# CVE-2024-10433: Project Worlds Simple Web-Based Chat Application index.php cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via Name or Comment parameters in the chat application, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **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 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xqx6-7f3x-52q9

## What is CVE-2024-10433?

CVE-2024-10433 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Project Worlds Simple Web-Based Chat Application, published on 28 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in Project Worlds Simple Web-Based Chat Application 1.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /index.php. The manipulation of the argument Name/Comment leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The initial researcher advisory mentions different parameters to be affected which do not correlate with the screenshots of a successful attack.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10433?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Projectworlds Simple Web-Based Chat Application.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-10433?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-10433 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-10433 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-10433 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Project Worlds Simple Web-Based Chat Application

- [CVE-2024-10432](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10432/): Project Worlds Simple Web-Based Chat Application index.php sql injection (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-10433 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-10433 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Project Worlds Simple Web-Based Chat Application, published on 28 Oct 2024. 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-2024-10433 exists.

Affected product: Project Worlds Simple Web-Based Chat Application. 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-2024-10433/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10433/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-10433
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10433
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-10433

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10433/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.