# CVE-2024-13012: code-projects Hostel Management System registration.php cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via registration fields in the Hostel Management System, 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:** 29 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 30 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g7x7-wfh6-v7w5

## What is CVE-2024-13012?

CVE-2024-13012 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in code-projects Hostel Management System, published on 29 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in code-projects Hostel Management System 1.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /admin/registration.php. The manipulation of the argument fname/mname/lname leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code), CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13012?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fabian Hostel Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-13012?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13012 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-13012 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13012 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in code-projects Hostel Management System

- [CVE-2025-6293](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6293/): code-projects Hostel Management System contact_manager.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-6294](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6294/): code-projects Hostel Management System contact.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-6295](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6295/): code-projects Hostel Management System allocated_rooms.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-6296](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6296/): code-projects Hostel Management System empty_rooms.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-6159](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6159/): code-projects Hostel Management System allocate_room.php sql injection (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-13012 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-13012 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in code-projects Hostel Management System, published on 29 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13012 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: code-projects Hostel 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-2024-13012/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13012/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13012
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13012
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13012

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