# CVE-2024-7677: SourceCodester Car Driving School Management System SystemSettings.php update_settings_info cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via the contact/address field in the Car Driving School Management System, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 12 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3mjq-8c52-rc5f

## What is CVE-2024-7677?

CVE-2024-7677 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Car Driving School Management System, published on 11 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Car Driving School Management System 1.0. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function update_settings_info of the file /classes/SystemSettings.php?f=update_settings. The manipulation of the argument contact/address leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7677?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oretnom23 Car Driving School Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-7677?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7677 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-7677 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7677 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Car Driving School Management System

- [CVE-2024-7661](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7661/): SourceCodester Car Driving School Management System index.php save_users cross-site request forgery (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-7662](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7662/): SourceCodester Car Driving School Management System manag_package.php save_package cross-site request forgery (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-7663](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7663/): SourceCodester Car Driving School Management System manage_user.php sql injection (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-7664](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7664/): SourceCodester Car Driving School Management System view_details.php sql injection (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-7665](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7665/): SourceCodester Car Driving School Management System manage_package.php sql injection (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7677 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7677 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Car Driving School Management System, published on 11 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7677 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SourceCodester Car Driving School 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-2024-7677/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7677/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7677
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7677
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7677

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