CVE-2023-1851
Published: 05 April 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-1851 is a low-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Online Payroll System Project Online Payroll System. Its CVSS base score is 3.5 (Low).
Operationally, ranked in the top 48.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-24053
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in SourceCodester Online Payroll System 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the file /admin/employee_add.php. The manipulation of the argument of leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to initiate the…
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attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-224991.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.