CVE-2024-23883: 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, 10:12 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 input validation and output encoding for the 'description' parameter in the taxstructuremodify.php endpoint to ensure all user-supplied data is properly sanitized before rendering. Implementing Content Security Policy (CSP) headers can help reduce the impact of XSS by restricting the execution of unauthorized scripts. Organizations should also educate users to be cautious about clicking unsolicited links, especially those received via email or messaging platforms. Monitoring web server logs for suspicious URL patterns targeting the vulnerable endpoint can help detect attempted exploitation. Additionally, session management should be hardened by setting secure, HttpOnly, and SameSite cookie attributes to reduce the risk of cookie theft and session hijacking. Regularly updating the software once a patch is released is critical. Finally, conducting security awareness training focused on phishing and social engineering can reduce the likelihood of successful exploitation.
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/taxstructuremodify.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.