# CVE-2024-1871: SourceCodester Employee Management System Project Assignment Report assignp.php cross site scripting

> Attacker can inject malicious scripts via the pname argument in assignp.php, potentially compromising user sessions in the Employee Management System.

- **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:** 24 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w98j-8492-h547

## What is CVE-2024-1871?

CVE-2024-1871 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Employee Management System, published on 24 Feb 2024. 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, which was classified as problematic, was found in SourceCodester Employee Management System 1.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file /process/assignp.php of the component Project Assignment Report. The manipulation of the argument pname leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-254694 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1871?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Razormist Employee Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-1871?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1871 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-1871 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-1871 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Employee Management System

- [CVE-2024-1876](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1876/): SourceCodester Employee Management System psubmit.php sql injection (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2024-1877](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1877/): SourceCodester Employee Management System cancel.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2024-1878](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1878/): SourceCodester Employee Management System myprofile.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2024-1007](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1007/): SourceCodester Employee Management System edit_profile.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2020-29215](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-29215/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1871 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1871 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Employee Management System, published on 24 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, 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-2024-1871 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Employee 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-2024-1871/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1871/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1871
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1871
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1871

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1871/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.