# CVE-2024-7948: SourceCodester Accounts Manager App Update Account Page update-account.php cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via account fields in the update page, potentially compromising user sessions and data.

- **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:** 20 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 20 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2x5f-p62m-48r4

## What is CVE-2024-7948?

CVE-2024-7948 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Accounts Manager App, published on 20 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in SourceCodester Accounts Manager App 1.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file update-account.php of the component Update Account Page. The manipulation of the argument Account Name/Username/Password/Link leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be initiated 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-2024-7948?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Remyandrade Accounts Manager App.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-7948?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7948 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-7948 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-7948 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Accounts Manager App

- [CVE-2024-7748](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7748/): SourceCodester Accounts Manager App delete-account.php sql injection (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-7749](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7749/): SourceCodester Accounts Manager App add-account.php cross site scripting (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7948 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7948 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Accounts Manager App, published on 20 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-7948 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Accounts Manager App. 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-2024-7948/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7948/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7948
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7948
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7948

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7948/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.