Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessCraft malicious URL with XSS payload in msg parameter
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DeliveryDeliver crafted link to victim via phishing or redirect
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ExploitVictim clicks link, browser sends request to /Invoicing/category.php
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ExecutionServer reflects unsanitized msg value into HTML response
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PersistInjected script executes in victim's browser context
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ImpactAttacker achieves session manipulation or data theft within application scope
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires passive user interaction: a victim user must click a crafted link or otherwise trigger a browser request to |
| Impact | The CVSS 4.0 base score of 2.1 (Low) is well-calibrated for this vulnerability. The vector confirms network reachability (AV:N), no complexity or preconditions (AC:L/AT:N), no attacker privileges (PR:N), but mandatory passive victim interaction (UI:P), and impact limited to partial integrity loss (VI:L) with no confidentiality or availability impact across either the vulnerable or downstream components. EPSS at 0.03% (10th percentile) independently corroborates low exploitation probability. SSVC signals align: exploitation status is POC-only, the attack is not automatable (consistent with the UI:P requirement), and technical impact is partial. The vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV, meaning no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation has been recorded. The public POC raises the theoretical risk marginally above zero, but the combination of user-interaction dependency, negligible EPSS, non-automatable SSVC rating, and niche application footprint makes this a low real-world priority for most organizations. No conflicting signals between data sources were identified. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A publicly available proof-of-concept exploit exists on GitHub (https://gist.github.com/c4ttr4ck/cb6a07bc54600a14de2676d8b96c3026). An attacker crafts a malicious URL targeting the |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jun 08, 2026
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in SourceCodester Indian Invoicing System 1.0 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject and execute malicious scripts in a victim's browser by manipulating the msg parameter in /Invoicing/category.php. A proof-of-concept exploit is publicly available on GitHub. Despite the public POC, EPSS stands at just 0.03% (10th percentile) and the vulnerability is absent from CISA KEV, reflecting the narrow deployment footprint of this niche PHP invoicing application and the user-interaction requirement that limits automated exploitation.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch has been identified at time of analysis for SourceCodester Indian Invoicing System 1.0; organizations should monitor the vendor site (https://www.sourcecodester.com/) and VulDB (https://vuldb.com/vuln/365394) for updates. As an immediate compensating control, developers should apply htmlspecialchars() or equivalent output encoding to the msg parameter before rendering it in /Invoicing/category.php, eliminating the unsanitized reflection. Deploying a Content Security Policy (CSP) response header with a restrictive script-src directive can significantly reduce the exploitability of any remaining XSS vectors, though this requires testing to avoid breaking legitimate application functionality. Web application firewall (WAF) rules filtering common XSS payloads on the msg parameter provide an additional detection and blocking layer. Restricting internet exposure of the application to only authorized internal users reduces the attack surface, given that the exploit requires victim interaction with a crafted URL.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation), where user-supplied data in the msg HTTP parameter is echoed back into the rendered HTML response of /Invoicing/category.php without adequate sanitization or output encoding. The application is PHP-based (per VulDB tags), a language ecosystem where direct variable interpolation into HTML output is a common root cause of reflected XSS. The CPE string cpe:2.3:a:sourcecodester:indian_invoicing_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* indicates the affected product is SourceCodester's Indian Invoicing System, a freely distributed PHP web application. The CVSS 4.0 vector confirms network delivery (AV:N), low attack complexity (AC:L), no authentication required from the attacker (PR:N), and passive user interaction needed from the victim (UI:P), consistent with a classic server-reflected XSS pattern.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
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CVSS VectorVendor: VulDB
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionCVE.org
A vulnerability was identified in SourceCodester Indian Invoicing System 1.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the file /Invoicing/category.php. The manipulation of the argument msg leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
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