# CVE-2024-45986: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Attackers can inject malicious scripts via registration, leading to code execution and potential account takeover in the Online Voting System.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/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:** 26 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 26 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qx4c-g8jj-h99q

## What is CVE-2024-45986?

CVE-2024-45986 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Sep 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 stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was identified in Projectworld Online Voting System 1.0 that occurs when an account is registered with a malicious javascript payload. The payload is stored and subsequently executed in the voter.php and profile.php pages whenever the account information is accessed.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45986?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Projectworlds Online Voting System Project.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-45986?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-45986 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-45986 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-45986 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2023-48433](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-48433/): Online Voting System Project v1.0 - Multiple Unauthenticated SQL Injections (SQLi) (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-48434](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-48434/): Online Voting System Project v1.0 - Multiple Unauthenticated SQL Injections (SQLi) (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-45986 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-45986 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Sep 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-2024-45986 exists.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2024-45986/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45986/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45986
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45986
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-45986

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45986/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.