# CVE-2024-8604: SourceCodester Online Food Ordering System Create an Account Page index.php cross site scripting

> An attacker can inject malicious scripts via the First Name or Last Name fields in the account creation page of the Online Food Ordering System.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 9 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gf29-3f4w-753g

## What is CVE-2024-8604?

CVE-2024-8604 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Online Food Ordering System, published on 9 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in SourceCodester Online Food Ordering System 2.0. This affects an unknown part of the file index.php of the component Create an Account Page. The manipulation of the argument First Name/Last Name leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8604?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oretnom23 Online Food Ordering System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-8604?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8604 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-8604 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8604 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Online Food Ordering System

- [CVE-2026-30530](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-30530/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-30532](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-30532/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-30533](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-30533/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-30122](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-30122/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-24646](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-24646/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-8604 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-8604 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Online Food Ordering System, published on 9 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8604 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SourceCodester Online Food Ordering 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-2024-8604/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8604/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8604
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8604
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8604

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8604/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.