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🛡️ CVE-2023-7160 — engineers-online-portal

🟢 CVSS 2.4 — Low ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-79 NVD
2.4
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Engineers Online Portal 1.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Add Engineer Handler. The manipulation of the argument first name/last name with the input <script>alert(0)</script> leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-249182 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: High — administrative rights are needed first.
  • User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-7160 is classified as CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting (XSS). User-supplied data is written into a page without escaping, so attacker script runs in the browser of anyone who views it.

Affected software

CVE-2023-7160 is recorded against 1 package.

  • engineers-online-portal

Timeline and source

Published on 29 December 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

vuldb.com
vuldb.com
vuldb.com
vuldb.com

Other advisories for this package

engineers-online-portal has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting (XSS)) in other software:

Details

Severity LOW
CVSS Score 2.4
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE CWE-79
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-12-29
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
engineers-online-portal — —

References

Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.249182
Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory https://vuldb.com/?id.249182
Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.249182
Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory https://vuldb.com/?id.249182

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