# CVE-2026-10244: SourceCodester Pharmacy Sales and Inventory System main create_medicine_name cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via the medicine name field in the SourceCodester Pharmacy Sales and Inventory System, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Jun 2026
- **Updated:** 1 Jun 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m84h-9wm2-4ch9

## What is CVE-2026-10244?

CVE-2026-10244 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Pharmacy Sales and Inventory System, published on 1 Jun 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability was detected in SourceCodester Pharmacy Sales and Inventory System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is the function create_medicine_name of the file /ShowForm/create_medicine_name/main. Performing a manipulation of the argument medicine_name results in cross site scripting. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code), CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-10244?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-10244?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-10244 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-10244 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-10244 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-10244 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-10244 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Pharmacy Sales and Inventory System, published on 1 Jun 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-10244 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Pharmacy Sales and Inventory 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-2026-10244/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-10244/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-10244
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-10244
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-10244

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-10244/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.