CVE-2023-6473 — A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in SourceCodeste

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in SourceCodester Online Quiz System 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the file take-quiz.php. The manipulation of the argument quiz_taker/year_section leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to initiate the

01What is this vulnerability?

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in SourceCodester Online Quiz System 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the file take-quiz.php. The manipulation of the argument quiz_taker/year_section leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
SourceCodester	Online Quiz System	1.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-12-02T20:31:04.336Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-02T08:28:21.906Z

09References

• vuldb.com — https://vuldb.com/?id.246639
• vuldb.com — https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.246639
• www.yuque.com — https://www.yuque.com/u39339523/el4dxs/mmvgxz2hgb5na0aw