# CVE-2024-5897: SourceCodester Employee and Visitor Gate Pass Logging System cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via the name parameter in the visitor logging function, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-prhw-q7f9-j4w8

## What is CVE-2024-5897?

CVE-2024-5897 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Employee and Visitor Gate Pass Logging System, published on 12 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been found in SourceCodester Employee and Visitor Gate Pass Logging System 1.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /classes/Master.php?f=log_visitor. The manipulation of the argument name leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-268141 was assigned to this vulnerability.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5897?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oretnom23 Employee and Visitor Gate Pass Logging System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-5897?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5897 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-5897 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-5897 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Employee and Visitor Gate Pass Logging System

- [CVE-2023-31752](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-31752/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-46309](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-46309/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-2652](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2652/): SourceCodester Employee and Visitor Gate Pass Logging System exposure of information through directory listing (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-6649](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6649/): SourceCodester Employee and Visitor Gate Pass Logging System Users.php save_users cross-site request forgery (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-5976](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5976/): SourceCodester Employee and Visitor Gate Pass Logging System log_employee sql injection (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-5897 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-5897 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Employee and Visitor Gate Pass Logging System, published on 12 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-5897 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Employee and Visitor Gate Pass Logging 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-2024-5897/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5897/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5897
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5897
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5897

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5897/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.