What is CVE-2023-5286?

CVE-2023-5286 is a low-severity vulnerability in Oretnom23 Expense Tracker, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2023-09-29.

How severe is CVE-2023-5286?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.

XSS in Oretnom23 Expense Tracker

CVE-2023-5286

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in SourceCodester Expense Tracker App v1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file add_category.php of the component Category Handler. The manipulation of the argument category_name leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-240914 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (34.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.5 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Oretnom23 Expense_tracker — versions 1.0
Sourcecodester Expense Tracker App — versions v1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cna@vuldb.com (technical-description, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
cna@vuldb.com (signature, Permissions Required, permissions-required, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
cna@vuldb.com (Product, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5286?: CVE-2023-5286 is a low-severity vulnerability in Oretnom23 Expense Tracker, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2023-09-29.
How severe is CVE-2023-5286?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.