# CVE-2024-7815: CodeAstro Online Railway Reservation System Update Employee Page admin-update-employee.php cross site scripting

> An attacker can inject malicious scripts into the employee update page, potentially compromising user sessions or data.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 15 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q2wf-pr3p-9rhr

## What is CVE-2024-7815?

CVE-2024-7815 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in CodeAstro Online Railway Reservation System, published on 15 Aug 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been found in CodeAstro Online Railway Reservation System 1.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /admin/admin-update-employee.php of the component Update Employee Page. The manipulation of the argument emp_fname /emp_lname /emp_nat_idno/emp_addr 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-2024-7815?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Online Railway Reservation System Project Online Railway Reservation System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-7815?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7815 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-7815 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-7815 exists.

Public exploit code:

- CodeAstro Online Railway Reservation System 1.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in CodeAstro Online Railway Reservation System

- [CVE-2021-46308](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-46308/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-33042](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-33042/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2022-33057](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-33057/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2022-33058](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-33058/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2022-33059](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-33059/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7815 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7815 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in CodeAstro Online Railway Reservation System, published on 15 Aug 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-7815 exists.

Affected product: CodeAstro Online Railway Reservation 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-2024-7815/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7815/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7815
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7815
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7815

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7815/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.