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CVE-2024-23871: Cups Easy (Purchase & Inventory) · Cross-site Scripting

Affects Cups Easy (Purchase & Inventory)Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.2 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
8.2High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 37% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 26 Jan 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Cups Easy Cups Easy (Purchase & Inventory)Affected
  • =1.0
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

To mitigate this vulnerability, organizations should implement the following specific measures: 1) Apply input validation and output encoding on the 'description' parameter to ensure all user-supplied data is properly sanitized before rendering in the web page. Use context-aware encoding libraries to prevent script injection. 2) Employ Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to restrict the execution of unauthorized scripts in the browser, reducing the impact of potential XSS attacks. 3) Enforce secure cookie attributes such as HttpOnly and Secure flags to protect session cookies from being accessed via client-side scripts. 4) Educate users on the risks of clicking unsolicited links and implement email filtering to reduce phishing attempts. 5) Monitor web application logs for suspicious URL access patterns targeting the vulnerable endpoint. 6) If possible, isolate the Cups Easy application in a segmented network zone to limit lateral movement in case of compromise. 7) Engage with the vendor for patches or updates addressing this vulnerability and prioritize timely deployment once available. 8) Consider implementing multi-factor authentication (MFA) to reduce the risk of session hijacking consequences.

Description

A vulnerability has been reported in Cups Easy (Purchase & Inventory), version 1.0, whereby user-controlled inputs are not sufficiently encoded, resulting in a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via /cupseasylive/unitofmeasurementmodify.php, in the description parameter. Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to send a specially crafted URL to an authenticated user and steal their session cookie credentials.

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