# CVE-2026-5325: SourceCodester Simple Customer Relationship Management System Create Ticket create-ticket.php cross site scripting

> Attackers can inject malicious scripts via the ticket description field in this CRM 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:** 2 Apr 2026
- **Updated:** 2 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vvrm-pcwj-56vf

## What is CVE-2026-5325?

CVE-2026-5325 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Simple Customer Relationship Management System, published on 2 Apr 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 determined in SourceCodester Simple Customer Relationship Management System 1.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /create-ticket.php of the component Create Ticket. This manipulation of the argument Description causes cross site scripting. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized.

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-2026-5325?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-5325?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-5325 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-5325 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-5325 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-5325 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-5325 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Simple Customer Relationship Management System, published on 2 Apr 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-2026-5325 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Simple Customer Relationship 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-2026-5325/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-5325/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-5325
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5325
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5325

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-5325/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.