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CVE-2021-40261 json

Multiple Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities exist in SourceCodester CASAP Automated Enrollment System 1.0 via the (1) user_username…

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-27445

cvss
6.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 51%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities exist in SourceCodester CASAP Automated Enrollment System 1.0 via the (1) user_username and (2) category parameters in save_class.php, the (3) firstname, (4) class, and (5) status parameters in student_table.php, the (6) category and (7) class_name parameters in add_class1.php, the (8) fname, (9) mname,(10) lname, (11) address, (12) class, (13) gfname, (14) gmname, (15) glname, (16) rship, (17) status, (18) transport, and (19) route parameters in add_student.php, the (20) fname, (21) mname, (22) lname, (23) address, (24) class, (25) fgname, (26) gmname, (27) glname, (28) rship, (29) status, (30) transport, and (31) route parameters in save_stud.php,the (32) status, (33) fname, and (34) lname parameters in add_user.php, the (35) username, (36) firstname, and (37) status parameters in users.php, the (38) fname, (39) lname, and (40) status parameters in save_user.php, and the (41) activity_log, (42) aprjun, (43) class, (44) janmar, (45) Julsep,(46) octdec, (47) Students and (48) users parameters in table_name.

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Exploit prediction

0.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • sisl.lab.uic.edu https://sisl.lab.uic.edu/projects/chess/casap-automated-enrollment-system/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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