CVE-2024-23896: 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 41% 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 educating users to avoid clicking on suspicious or unsolicited links, especially those targeting the Cups Easy application.
- Implement Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block malicious payloads targeting the 'batchno' parameter in the /cupseasylive/stock.php endpoint.
- Apply strict Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to restrict the execution of unauthorized scripts within the application context.
- If possible, restrict access to the Cups Easy application to trusted networks or VPNs to reduce exposure.
- Developers should promptly implement proper input validation and output encoding for the 'batchno' parameter, ensuring all user inputs are sanitized before rendering.
- Monitor application logs for unusual access patterns or repeated attempts to exploit the 'batchno' parameter.
- 8. Plan for rapid deployment of patches once they become available from the vendor. 9. Conduct regular security awareness training focusing on phishing and social engineering tactics to reduce the risk of user interaction with malicious URLs.
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/stock.php, in the batchno 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.