Security Resilience

CVE-2023-4110

XSS in Phpjabbers Availability Booking Calendar 5.0

Public PoCXSS
Published
03 August 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
CVSS Score v3.1 3.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.018 78th percentile
Risk Priority 40 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2023-4110 is a low-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Phpjabbers Availability Booking Calendar. Its CVSS base score is 3.5 (Low).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Protocol or Service Impersonation (T1001.003); ranked in the top 22% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

A vulnerability classified as cross-site scripting (CWE-79) affects PHP Jabbers Availability Booking Calendar version 5.0. It resides in an unspecified function of the file /index.php, where manipulation of the session_id argument permits injection of arbitrary scripts. The issue received a CVSS v3.1 score of 3.5 and was assigned VDB-235957 after the vendor was notified but did not respond.

The flaw can be triggered remotely by an authenticated user who supplies a crafted session_id value. Successful exploitation results in the execution of attacker-controlled script code within the context of other users' browsers, enabling limited impact such as data manipulation reflected in the application interface while leaving confidentiality and availability unaffected.

No vendor patch or official mitigation guidance has been published. Public references consist of disclosure entries on VulDB and a PacketStorm proof-of-concept archive; the EPSS score remains low with only minor fluctuation between its current value of 0.0666 and recorded peak of 0.0765.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A05:2025 Injection

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

A vulnerability has been found in PHP Jabbers Availability Booking Calendar 5.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /index.php. The manipulation of the argument session_id leads to cross site scripting. The…

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attack can be launched remotely. The identifier VDB-235957 was assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1001.003 Protocol or Service Impersonation Command And Control
Adversaries may impersonate legitimate protocols or web service traffic to disguise command and control activity and thwart analysis efforts.
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T1003.004 LSA Secrets Credential Access
Adversaries with SYSTEM access to a host may attempt to access Local Security Authority (LSA) secrets, which can contain a variety of different credential materials, such as credentials for service accounts.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.005 Cached Domain Credentials Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to access cached domain credentials used to allow authentication to occur in the event a domain controller is unavailable.
attack.mitre.org →
T1007 System Service Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may try to gather information about registered local system services.
attack.mitre.org →
T1011 Exfiltration Over Other Network Medium Exfiltration
Adversaries may attempt to exfiltrate data over a different network medium than the command and control channel.
attack.mitre.org →
T1012 Query Registry Discovery
Adversaries may interact with the Windows Registry to gather information about the system, configuration, and installed software.
attack.mitre.org →
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-48825Same product: Phpjabbers Availability Booking Calendar
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CVE-2023-48837Same vendor: Phpjabbers
CVE-2023-33564Same vendor: Phpjabbers
CVE-2023-48172Same vendor: Phpjabbers
CVE-2023-48827Same vendor: Phpjabbers
CVE-2023-41538Same vendor: Phpjabbers
CVE-2023-40750Same vendor: Phpjabbers
CVE-2023-48839Same vendor: Phpjabbers
CVE-2023-48828Same vendor: Phpjabbers

Affected Assets

phpjabbers
availability booking calendar
5.0

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.1.2
  • V1.3.2

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.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering
addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
blocks

Secure SDLC practices directly target introduction of XSS via coding standards/testing (mostly), yet the single broad outcome leaves many specific neutralization vectors unaddressed (partial).

PR.PS-02 partial match
blocks

Patching and EOL replacement can remediate known XSS instances in libraries or frameworks (partial) but do nothing to enforce input neutralization in application code (none).

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.5.14 Information transfer partial match
removes
A.5.15 Access control partial match
removes
A.5.16 Identity management partial match
removes
A.5.17 Authentication information partial match
removes
A.5.18 Access rights partial match
removes
A.5.6 Contact with special interest groups partial match
blocks

A.5.6 only promotes membership in groups to improve knowledge, receive alerts, and share information; it performs no action that stops XSS exploitation (or even the underlying neutralization defect) and is a pure dependency for other controls per the owner's labeling rule.

References