# CVE-2024-8554: SourceCodester Clinics Patient Management System users.php cross site scripting

> An attacker can inject malicious scripts via the message argument in users.php, potentially compromising user sessions in the Clinics Patient Management System.

- **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:** 7 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 9 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pw2j-fq2f-334f

## What is CVE-2024-8554?

CVE-2024-8554 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Clinics Patient Management System, published on 7 Sep 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 Clinics Patient Management System 2.0 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /users.php. The manipulation of the argument message leads to cross site scripting. The attack may 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-2024-8554?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oretnom23 Clinic\'s Patient Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-8554?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8554 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-8554 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8554 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Clinics Patient Management System

- [CVE-2022-40471](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40471/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-36609](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36609/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-36242](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36242/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-36270](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36270/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-36750](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36750/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-8554 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-8554 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Clinics Patient Management System, published on 7 Sep 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-2024-8554 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SourceCodester Clinics Patient 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-2024-8554/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8554/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8554
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8554
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8554

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8554/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.