{"id":"CVE-2023-1796","aliases":["EUVD-2023-23999","GHSA-3277-qrh4-5w22"],"status":"published","title":"SourceCodester Employee Payslip Generator Create News cross site scripting","description":"A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in SourceCodester Employee Payslip Generator 1.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file /classes/Master.php?f=save_position of the component Create News Handler. The manipulation of the argument name with the input \u003cscript\u003ealert(document.cookie)\u003c/script\u003e leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-224748.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":2.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"low","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00539,"percentile":0.45734,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2023-04-02T09:00:06Z","modified":"2026-06-17T05:28:46Z","products":[{"vendor":"employee_payslip_generator_system_project","product":"employee_payslip_generator_system"},{"vendor":"sourcecodester","product":"employee payslip generator"}],"references":[{"url":"https://vuldb.com/?id.224748","tags":["vdb-entry","technical-description","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.224748","tags":["signature","permissions-required","x_transferred","Permissions Required","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/Jean-Astruc/bug_report/blob/main/XSS-1.md","tags":["exploit","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1796"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3277-qrh4-5w22"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-1796","title":"SourceCodester Employee Payslip Generator Create News cross site scripting","description":"A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in SourceCodester Employee Payslip Generator 1.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file /classes/Master.php?f=save_position of the component Create News Handler. The manipulation of the argument name with the input \u003cscript\u003ealert(document.cookie)\u003c/script\u003e leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. 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It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-224748.","status":"published","published":"2023-04-02T09:00:06Z","modified":"2024-11-22T21:49:09Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":2.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"low"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:04:49.727757Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-3277-qrh4-5w22","title":"A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in SourceCodester Employee Payslip...","description":"A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in SourceCodester Employee Payslip Generator 1.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file /classes/Master.php?f=save_position of the component Create News Handler. The manipulation of the argument name with the input \u003cscript\u003ealert(document.cookie)\u003c/script\u003e leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-224748.","status":"published","published":"2023-04-02T09:30:16Z","modified":"2023-04-15T05:07:55Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:54:30.36158Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2023-1796","description":"A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in SourceCodester Employee Payslip Generator 1.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file /classes/Master.php?f=save_position of the component Create News Handler. The manipulation of the argument name with the input \u003cscript\u003ealert(document.cookie)\u003c/script\u003e leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. 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