CVE-2025-56276
📋 TL;DR
This XSS vulnerability in code-projects Food Ordering Review System 1.0 allows attackers to inject malicious JavaScript via the registration username field. When an administrator views user information, the script executes in their browser context, potentially stealing session cookies. This affects all deployments of version 1.0 that have user registration enabled.
💻 Affected Systems
- code-projects Food Ordering Review System
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Administrator session hijacking leading to full system compromise, data theft, or privilege escalation within the application.
Likely Case
Session cookie theft allowing attacker to impersonate administrators and modify system settings or user data.
If Mitigated
Limited impact if proper input validation and output encoding are implemented, restricting script execution.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires user registration capability and administrator interaction with user data.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Unknown - check vendor for updated version
Vendor Advisory: https://code-projects.org/food-ordering-review-system-in-php-with-source-code/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Download updated version from code-projects.org. 2. Replace vulnerable files. 3. Test registration functionality with XSS payloads.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation and Sanitization
allAdd server-side validation to reject or sanitize special characters in username field
Add PHP validation: preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+$/', $username)
Output Encoding
allApply HTML entity encoding when displaying user data in admin interface
Use htmlspecialchars($username, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8') when outputting
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Disable user registration functionality entirely
- Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to block XSS payloads in registration requests
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Attempt to register with username containing: <script>alert('XSS')</script> and check if script executes when admin views userCheck Version:
Check source code files for version information or review installation documentationVerify Fix Applied:
Test with same XSS payloads and verify they are either blocked or properly encoded in output📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Registration attempts with script tags or JavaScript in username field
- Unusual admin session activity following user registration
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to registration endpoint containing script tags or JavaScript
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND (uri_path="/register.php" OR uri_path="/registration") AND (request_body CONTAINS "<script>" OR request_body CONTAINS "javascript:")