Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-7059

LowPublic PoC

Published: 22 December 2023

Published
22 December 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 3.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0014 34.1th percentile
Risk Priority 7 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-7059 is a low-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Remyandrade School Visitor Log E-Book. Its CVSS base score is 3.5 (Low).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 34.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester School Visitor Log e-Book 1.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file log-book.php. The manipulation of the argument Full Name leads to cross site…

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scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-248750 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1059.007 JavaScript Execution
Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.
Why these techniques?

The stored XSS vulnerability in the public-facing web application (log-book.php) enables exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190) and injection/execution of JavaScript in victims' browsers (T1059.007), as explicitly mapped in advisories.

Affected Assets

remyandrade
school visitor log e-book
1.0

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.

addresses: CWE-79

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

addresses: CWE-79

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

addresses: CWE-79

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

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