# CVE-2024-2521: MAGESH-K21 Online-College-Event-Hall-Reservation-System bookdate.php cross site scripting

> An attacker can inject malicious scripts via the id parameter in bookdate.php, potentially compromising user sessions in the Online-College-Event-Hall-Reservation-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:** 16 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3mvv-2mf6-8hwf

## What is CVE-2024-2521?

CVE-2024-2521 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in MAGESH-K21 Online-College-Event-Hall-Reservation-System, published on 16 Mar 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 was found in MAGESH-K21 Online-College-Event-Hall-Reservation-System 1.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /admin/bookdate.php. The manipulation of the argument id leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-256958 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2521?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Magesh-K21 Online-College-Event-Hall-Reservation-System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-2521?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2521 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-2521 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-2521 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in MAGESH-K21 Online-College-Event-Hall-Reservation-System

- [CVE-2024-2514](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2514/): MAGESH-K21 Online-College-Event-Hall-Reservation-System login.php sql injection (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2024-2516](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2516/): MAGESH-K21 Online-College-Event-Hall-Reservation-System home.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2024-2517](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2517/): MAGESH-K21 Online-College-Event-Hall-Reservation-System book_history.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2024-2520](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2520/): MAGESH-K21 Online-College-Event-Hall-Reservation-System bookdate.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2024-2522](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2522/): MAGESH-K21 Online-College-Event-Hall-Reservation-System booktime.php sql injection (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-2521 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-2521 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in MAGESH-K21 Online-College-Event-Hall-Reservation-System, published on 16 Mar 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-2024-2521 exists.

Affected product: MAGESH-K21 Online-College-Event-Hall-Reservation-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-2024-2521/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2521/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2521
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2521
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2521

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