PT-2022-25170 · Sourcecodester · Sourcecodester Simple Task Managing System

Published 2022-09-21 · Updated 2025-05-28 · CVE-2022-40029

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SourceCodester Simple Task Managing System version 1.0

Description The issue allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the shortName parameter in the newProjectValidation.php component. This enables the execution of malicious code on the affected system.

Recommendations For SourceCodester Simple Task Managing System version 1.0, consider validating and sanitizing user input for the shortName parameter in the newProjectValidation.php component to prevent the injection of malicious payloads. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to the newProjectValidation.php component until a proper fix is applied.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-40029

Affected Products

Sourcecodester Simple Task Managing System

References · 7

• 🔥❌ https://github.com/xidaner/CVE_HUNTER/blob/main/CVE_09/2022-09-01-XSS3.md · Exploit, Deleted
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40029 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-40029 · Vendor Advisory
• https://sourcecodester.com/php/15624/simple-task-managing-system-php-mysqli-free-source-code.html · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/123843 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/50220 · Telegram Post
• http://simple.com · Note