Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This CVE describes a cross-site scripting issue in Sourcecodester Storage Unit Rental Management System version 1.0. A user-supplied value in the tenant/rent entry workflow may be displayed unsafely, allowing browser-side script execution in a victim’s session. Public sources do not provide a CVSS score or vendor-confirmed patch status.
Executive priority
Prioritize review if SURMS is deployed in production or reachable from the internet. The business risk is account or session abuse through browser-side script execution, but urgency is limited by missing severity, exploit, and patch evidence.
Technical view
The record identifies XSS in SURMS v1.0, associated with PHP 8.0.10 and Apache 2.4.14, through the Add New Tenant List Rent List form. The source bundle does not specify stored versus reflected behavior, privileges required, affected parameters, CWE, CVSS, or fixed versions.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely in organizations that downloaded and deployed the Sourcecodester SURMS PHP application, especially if the administrative rental-management interface is internet-accessible or reachable by untrusted users.
Exploitation context
The CVE has public references, including a security issue listing, but the bundle does not show CISA KEV status or confirmed active exploitation. Treat it as publicly disclosed, not proven exploited in the wild from these sources alone.
Researcher notes
Key gaps remain: no CVSS vector, no CWE, no affected parameter detail, no fixed version, and no authoritative exploit-in-the-wild evidence in the bundle. Validate behavior in a controlled environment without publishing weaponizable payloads.
Mitigation direction
- Check Sourcecodester or maintainer guidance for any fixed release or patch.
- Restrict access to SURMS administrative and tenant/rent workflows.
- Remove public internet exposure where business use does not require it.
- If self-maintained, review form handling for validation and context-aware output encoding.
- Retire or replace unsupported deployments if no maintained fix exists.
Validation and detection
- Inventory systems for Sourcecodester SURMS version 1.0 deployments.
- Confirm whether the Add New Tenant List Rent List form is reachable.
- Review application code for unsafe rendering of form-submitted values.
- Use safe, non-executing test markers to verify output encoding behavior.
- Check logs for suspicious tenant or rent-form submissions.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.sourcecodester.com/php/14932/storage-unit-rental-management-system-using-php-free-source-code.htmlCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2022090036CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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CWE details
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