What is CVE-2024-40478?

CVE-2024-40478 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jayesh Online Exam System, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-08-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-40478?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Jayesh Online Exam System

CVE-2024-40478

A Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in "/admin/afeedback.php" in Kashipara Online Exam System v1.0, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "rname" and "email" parameter fields

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2024-08-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (48.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 48.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jayesh Online Exam System — versions 1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.kashipara.com/project/php/3/online-exam-php-project-source-code-download (Product)
github.com/takekaramey/CVE_Writeup/blob/main/Kashipara/Online Exam System v1.0/… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-40478?: CVE-2024-40478 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jayesh Online Exam System, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-08-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-40478?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.