# CVE-2024-6807: SourceCodester Student Study Center Desk Management System HTTP POST Request Users.php cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via user profile fields in the Student Study Center Desk Management System, potentially leading to session hijacking or code execution.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 10 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r2jx-292h-wx26

## What is CVE-2024-6807?

CVE-2024-6807 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Student Study Center Desk Management System, published on 17 Jul 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Student Study Center Desk Management System 1.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /sscdms/classes/Users.php?f=save of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument firstname/middlename/lastname/username leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code), CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6807?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oretnom23 Student Study Center Desk Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6807?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6807 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6807 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6807 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Student Study Center Desk Management System

- [CVE-2023-44752](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44752/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-29985](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29985/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-1467](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1467/): SourceCodester Student Study Center Desk Management System POST Parameter path traversal (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-2151](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2151/): SourceCodester Student Study Center Desk Management System manage_student.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-1563](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1563/): SourceCodester Student Study Center Desk Management System assign.php sql injection (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6807 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6807 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Student Study Center Desk Management System, published on 17 Jul 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6807 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SourceCodester Student Study Center Desk 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-2024-6807/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6807/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6807
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6807
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6807

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.