CVE-2024-23884: 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
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 33% 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 include educating users about the risk of clicking on suspicious links and implementing strict email filtering to reduce phishing attempts.
- Employ Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) with custom rules to detect and block malicious payloads targeting the 'grndate' parameter in HTTP requests to /cupseasylive/grnmodify.php.
- Restrict access to the Cups Easy application to trusted networks or VPNs to limit exposure to external attackers.
- Implement Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to restrict the execution of unauthorized scripts in the browser context.
- Monitor web server logs for unusual or suspicious requests containing script tags or encoded payloads in the 'grndate' parameter.
- Coordinate with the vendor for timely patch release and plan for immediate application of updates once available.
- Conduct regular security awareness training focused on social engineering and phishing to reduce the likelihood of user interaction exploitation.
- Review and enhance session management practices, such as using HttpOnly and Secure flags on cookies, to mitigate session theft impact.
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/grnmodify.php, in the grndate 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.