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Online Examination System EUVDEUVD-2026-72186

| CVE-2026-86238 LOW
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2026-09-07 VulDB GHSA-5pgg-ww8w-23gr
2.1
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: VulDB
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Identify exposed feedback.php endpoint
  2. Delivery
    Craft XSS payload in Name/Subject field
  3. Exploit
    Submit form as unauthenticated remote attacker
  4. Execution
    Victim loads feedback page in browser
  5. Persist
    Injected script executes in victim's browser context
  6. Impact
    Session token exfiltrated or account compromised

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

No authentication is required - the Feedback Form in feedback.php is accessible to unauthenticated remote users (PR:N, AV:N). Exploitation requires that a victim user (student, administrator, or other) loads or interacts with a page containing the attacker-controlled Name or Subject parameter (UI:P). The vulnerability applies to the default deployment of Online Examination System 1.0 with the Feedback Form component active. Exploitation is limited by the passive victim-interaction requirement: the attacker must either socially engineer a target into visiting a crafted URL (reflected XSS) or store the payload for rendering to subsequent visitors. No specific non-default configuration is required to enable the vulnerable code path.

Impact

The CVSS 4.0 score of 5.3 (Medium) reflects the user-interaction requirement (UI:P) and the limited integrity-only impact (VI:L) recorded in the vendor's scoring - however, practical XSS exploitation routinely achieves session token theft that exceeds what the baseline vector captures. With a publicly available proof-of-concept on GitHub and no authentication prerequisite, even a mid-sized municipal IT team in sopot deploying this platform for student examinations should treat this as a moderate-to-high operational priority, particularly given the sensitivity of exam results and account credentials. No EPSS score was supplied in the source intelligence, limiting automated risk-comparison signals. The absence of a CISA KEV entry suggests exploitation has not been observed at scale, but the low barrier to exploitation (public PoC, no privileges, standard web browser as attack surface) means the realistic risk exceeds what the numeric score alone implies. No conflicting signals exist between the description and the CVSS vector.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker identifies a publicly accessible Online Examination System 1.0 instance and submits a crafted payload - such as a script tag within the Name or Subject field of feedback.php - which is stored or reflected in the server's response. When an administrator or student subsequently loads the affected page in their browser, the injected script executes in their session context, allowing the attacker to exfiltrate session cookies or perform actions on behalf of the victim. A working proof-of-concept demonstrating this technique is publicly available on GitHub, lowering the skill threshold required.

Monitor Track and reassess. Why: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9).
No patch listed yet 0.4% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 07, 2026

Reflected cross-site scripting in projectworlds Online Examination System 1.0 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript via the Name and Subject parameters of feedback.php. Exploitation delivers malicious script payload to any user whose browser renders the tampered response, enabling session hijacking, credential theft, or defacement within the application context. A public proof-of-concept exploit is available on GitHub; no CISA KEV listing has been identified at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

No vendor-released patch has been identified at time of analysis. The primary remediation is to apply rigorous server-side output encoding to all user-supplied input before rendering it in HTML responses - specifically, HTML-encode the Name and Subject fields in feedback.php using the language's native escaping functions (e.g., PHP's htmlspecialchars() with ENT_QUOTES). As a compensating control, deploying a web application firewall (WAF) with XSS filter rules can reduce exploitation likelihood but should not substitute for code-level fixes. Administrators may also consider disabling or restricting access to the Feedback Form endpoint for untrusted users until a code fix is applied. Operators should monitor VulDB entry https://vuldb.com/vuln/399395 and the GitHub PoC repository https://github.com/CyberShailendra1/Online-Examination-System-Project for patch availability updates.

Affected VersionsENISA

Online Examination System 1.0

Affected Packages

euvd online_examination_system no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The affected application is a PHP-based web examination platform identified by CPE cpe:2.3:a:projectworlds:online_examination_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*. The root cause is CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation - Cross-site Scripting): the feedback.php component reflects user-supplied Name and Subject form fields into the HTTP response without adequate HTML encoding or output escaping. Because the server-side PHP code does not sanitize these inputs before writing them into the DOM, an attacker-controlled string containing script tags or event-handler attributes is rendered and executed by the victim's browser. The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P) confirms network reachability with no access complexity and no privilege requirement, contingent only on passive or active victim interaction.

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Severity by source

Vendor (VulDB) PRIMARY 2.1 MEDIUM
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
vuln.today AI 6.1 MEDIUM

Reflected XSS requires victim browser interaction (UI:R), scope changes to victim browser context (S:C), with low confidentiality (session data) and integrity impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (VulDB).

CVSS VectorVendor: VulDB

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Passive
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
None
Vulnerable system: Integrity
Low
Vulnerable system: Availability
None
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Severity Changed
Sep 07, 2026 - 01:22 NVD
MEDIUM LOW
CVSS changed
Sep 07, 2026 - 01:22 NVD
5.3 (MEDIUM) 2.1 (LOW)
CVE Published
Sep 07, 2026 - 00:30 cve.org
MEDIUM 5.3

DescriptionCVE.org

A vulnerability was determined in projectworlds Online Examination System 1.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the file feedback.php of the component Feedback Form. Executing a manipulation of the argument Name/Subject can lead to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 65% exploitable
Prevalence
Rare
niche open-source academic project, minimal production footprint
Exploit
POC
Public exploit code exists
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
7 sources
Confidence: High
EUVD NVD CVE.org EPSS Vulnrichment CIRCL GitHub VulDB

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity LOW
CISA KEV No
Public POC Yes
EPSS 0.4%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
Poc
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Low
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

30
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +10
PoC: +20
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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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