CVE-2024-23873: Cups Easy (Purchase & Inventory) · Cross-site Scripting
Affects Cups Easy (Purchase & Inventory)Source CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.2 High.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 14:05 UTC
- 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:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 26 Jan 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Cups Easy Cups Easy (Purchase & Inventory) | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
- Immediate mitigation should focus on user awareness and training to recognize and avoid clicking suspicious links, especially those purporting to come from internal inventory or purchase systems.
- Implement Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block malicious payloads targeting the currencyid parameter in the /cupseasylive/currencymodify.php endpoint.
- Enforce strict Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to limit the execution of unauthorized scripts within the application context.
- Utilize secure cookie attributes such as HttpOnly and Secure flags to reduce the risk of session cookie theft via XSS.
- Monitor application logs and network traffic for unusual activities indicative of exploitation attempts.
- Engage with the vendor or development team to prioritize the release of a patch that properly encodes or sanitizes user inputs in the affected parameter.
- Consider deploying additional endpoint protection and intrusion detection systems to identify and respond to suspicious behavior.
- If feasible, restrict access to the application to trusted networks or VPNs to reduce exposure to external attackers.
- Conduct regular security assessments and penetration testing focused on input validation and session management controls to identify residual risks.
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/currencymodify.php, in the currencyid 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.