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CVE-2024-24041: Travel Journal Using PHP · A Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Source CVE Database V5

0

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.1 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 13:47 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
6.1Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 39% 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:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 1 Feb 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

AI-suggested

Organizations should immediately review and sanitize all user inputs, especially the 'location' parameter in the write-journal.php script, using robust server-side validation and output encoding to neutralize potentially malicious scripts. Employ Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to restrict the execution of unauthorized scripts in browsers. If possible, replace or upgrade the vulnerable Travel Journal application with a maintained and secure alternative. Conduct regular security code reviews and penetration testing focused on XSS vulnerabilities. Educate users about the risks of clicking on untrusted links and encourage the use of modern browsers with built-in XSS protections. Logging and monitoring for unusual activities related to the vulnerable endpoint can help detect exploitation attempts early.

Description

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Travel Journal Using PHP and MySQL with Source Code v1.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the location parameter at /travel-journal/write-journal.php.

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