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Plain-English summary
CVE-2026-0642 is a cross-site scripting issue in projectworlds House Rental and Property Listing 1.0. A remote attacker may abuse the Name field in complaint.php, but the CVSS data indicates high privileges and user interaction are required. Public exploit information is referenced, but no active exploitation is confirmed in the provided sources.
Executive priority
Treat as a moderate-priority web application issue. It is not known to be actively exploited, but public exploit references increase urgency for exposed deployments. Prioritize verification if this application is internet-accessible or used by privileged staff.
Technical view
The issue affects unknown processing in /app/complaint.php where manipulation of the Name argument can cause XSS. The record lists CWE-79 and CWE-94, CVSS 4.0 score 4.8, network attack vector, low complexity, high privileges required, passive user interaction, and low integrity impact. Affected version identified is 1.0.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to organizations running projectworlds House Rental and Property Listing 1.0, especially if /app/complaint.php is reachable by users or administrators. The sources do not identify other affected versions, hosted services, or downstream packages.
Exploitation context
VulDB states the attack can be launched remotely and that exploit information is public. The CVE is not marked KEV in the provided data, and no cited source confirms active exploitation in the wild.
Researcher notes
Evidence is sparse and primarily from CVE/VulDB records. The affected processing is described as unknown, and no official patch is named. The CVSS vector suggests exploitation requires high privileges and passive user interaction, reducing broad opportunistic risk.
Mitigation direction
- Check projectworlds or application maintainer guidance for an official fix or update.
- Limit access to /app/complaint.php if the complaint feature is not required.
- Apply input validation and output encoding if maintaining a local fork.
- Monitor application logs for unusual complaint submissions or script-like input.
- Use compensating controls such as web filtering where appropriate.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether House Rental and Property Listing 1.0 is deployed.
- Identify whether /app/complaint.php is accessible to authenticated or privileged users.
- Review complaint form handling for unsafe Name rendering.
- Check vendor, CVE, and VulDB pages for updated remediation guidance.
- Validate fixes in a controlled, authorized test environment only.
Public sources used
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ATT&CK lookup starting points
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CWE-79: User-session and phishing behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookupCWE-94: Code execution behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 4.8 (4.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P——Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 4.0 score
4.8MediumVector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- VDB-339685 | projectworlds House Rental and Property Listing complaint.php cross site scriptingCVE reference · vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-339685 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA)CVE reference · signature, permissions-required
- Submit #732369 | projectworlds.com House rental And Property Listing 1.0 Cross Site ScriptingCVE reference · third-party-advisory
- Submit #736161 | projectworlds.com House rental And Property Listing Project V1.0 XSS Injection (Duplicate)CVE reference · third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/Pick-program/CVE/issues/4CVE reference · exploit, issue-tracking
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
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Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.