CVE-2023-5286

5.4 mediumEPSS 0.5%

Medium (5.4) in oretnom23 expense tracker. EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in SourceCodester Expense Tracker App v1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file add_category.php of the component Category Handler. The manipulation of the argument category_name leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-240914 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.4 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 42% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-79
Published: 2023-09-29
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

oretnom23:expense_tracker

References

https://github.com/xcodeOn1/XSS-Stored-Expense-Tracker-App
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.240914
https://vuldb.com/?id.240914
https://github.com/xcodeOn1/XSS-Stored-Expense-Tracker-App
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.240914

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