# CVE-2024-3443: SourceCodester Prison Management System apply_leave.php cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via date fields in the leave application form, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **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:** 8 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 21 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-frjv-mxj9-42h2

## What is CVE-2024-3443?

CVE-2024-3443 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Prison Management System, published on 8 Apr 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 SourceCodester Prison Management System 1.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /Employee/apply_leave.php. The manipulation of the argument txtstart_date/txtend_date leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-259696.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3443?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fast5 Prison Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-3443?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3443 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-3443 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-3443 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Prison Management System

- [CVE-2024-48594](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-48594/): File upload in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-3438](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3438/): SourceCodester Prison Management System login.php sql injection (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2024-3439](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3439/): SourceCodester Prison Management System login.php sql injection (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2026-2177](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2177/): SourceCodester Prison Management System Login session fixiation (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-3437](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3437/): SourceCodester Prison Management System Avatar add-admin.php unrestricted upload (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-3443 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-3443 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Prison Management System, published on 8 Apr 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-2024-3443 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Prison 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-2024-3443/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3443/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3443
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3443
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-3443

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3443/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.