# CVE-2024-8140: SourceCodester Task Progress Tracker update-task.php cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via the task_name parameter in update-task.php, 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:** 25 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 26 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hc24-m26q-hrrw

## What is CVE-2024-8140?

CVE-2024-8140 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Task Progress Tracker, published on 25 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 Task Progress Tracker 1.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file update-task.php. The manipulation of the argument task_name 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-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8140?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Rems Task Progress Tracker.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-8140?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8140 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-8140 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-8140 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Task Progress Tracker

- [CVE-2024-7792](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7792/): SourceCodester Task Progress Tracker delete-task.php sql injection (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-7793](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7793/): SourceCodester Task Progress Tracker add-task.php cross site scripting (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-8140 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-8140 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Task Progress Tracker, published on 25 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-2024-8140 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Task Progress Tracker. 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-2024-8140/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8140/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8140
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8140
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8140

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8140/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.