# CVE-2024-23865: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cups Easy

> Remote attackers can steal session cookies from authenticated users via XSS in the tax structure description field.

- **Severity:** High 8.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 29 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fhj7-jr9f-jm6x

## What is CVE-2024-23865?

CVE-2024-23865 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Cups Easy (Purchase & Inventory), published on 26 Jan 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been reported in Cups Easy (Purchase & Inventory), version 1.0, whereby user-controlled inputs are not sufficiently encoded, resulting in a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via /cupseasylive/taxstructurelist.php, in the description parameter. Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to send a specially crafted URL to an authenticated user and steal their session cookie credentials.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-23865?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ajaysharma Cups Easy.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-23865?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-23865 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-23865 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23865 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cups Easy (Purchase & Inventory)

- [CVE-2024-23895](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23895/): Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cups Easy (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2024-23856](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23856/): Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cups Easy (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2024-23857](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23857/): Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cups Easy (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2024-23858](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23858/): Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cups Easy (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2024-23859](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23859/): Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cups Easy (high 8.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-23865 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-23865 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Cups Easy (Purchase & Inventory), published on 26 Jan 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23865 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cups Easy (Purchase & Inventory). 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-2024-23865/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23865/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23865
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23865
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-23865

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23865/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.