# CVE-2024-2940: Campcodes Online Examination System updateCourse.php cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via the id parameter in updateCourse.php, potentially compromising user sessions or data.

- **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:** 27 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j83g-jp4j-gx6g

## What is CVE-2024-2940?

CVE-2024-2940 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Campcodes Online Examination System, published on 27 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 classified as problematic was found in Campcodes Online Examination System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /adminpanel/admin/facebox_modal/updateCourse.php. The manipulation of the argument id leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-258031.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2940?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Campcodes Online Examination System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-2940?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2940 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-2940 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2940 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Campcodes Online Examination System

- [CVE-2024-2938](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2938/): Campcodes Online Examination System updateCourse.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2024-2941](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2941/): Campcodes Online Examination System loginExe.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2024-2942](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2942/): Campcodes Online Examination System deleteQuestionExe.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2024-2943](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2943/): Campcodes Online Examination System deleteExamExe.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2024-2944](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2944/): Campcodes Online Examination System deleteCourseExe.php sql injection (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-2940 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-2940 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Campcodes Online Examination System, published on 27 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: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2940 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Campcodes Online Examination 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-2024-2940/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2940/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2940
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2940
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2940

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