CVE-2025-63450

5.4 MEDIUM

📋 TL;DR

Car-Booking-System-PHP v1.0 contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the booking.php endpoint that allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages. This affects any organization using this specific PHP car booking system version. Attackers could execute arbitrary JavaScript in users' browsers when they visit the vulnerable page.

💻 Affected Systems

Products:
  • Car-Booking-System-PHP
Versions: v1.0
Operating Systems: Any OS running PHP web server
Default Config Vulnerable: ⚠️ Yes
Notes: Vulnerability exists in the default installation of the carlux/booking.php component.

📦 What is this software?

⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact

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Worst Case

Attackers could steal session cookies, redirect users to malicious sites, perform actions on behalf of authenticated users, or deliver malware through the compromised booking system interface.

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Likely Case

Session hijacking leading to unauthorized access to booking system functionality, defacement of booking pages, or credential theft from users.

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If Mitigated

Limited impact with proper input validation and output encoding, potentially only affecting non-sensitive data display.

🌐 Internet-Facing: HIGH
🏢 Internal Only: MEDIUM

🎯 Exploit Status

Public PoC: ✅ No
Weaponized: UNKNOWN
Unauthenticated Exploit: ⚠️ Yes
Complexity: LOW

XSS vulnerabilities typically require minimal technical skill to exploit once the vulnerable parameter is identified.

🛠️ Fix & Mitigation

✅ Official Fix

Patch Version: Unknown

Vendor Advisory: None available

Restart Required: No

Instructions:

No official patch available. Implement input validation and output encoding in booking.php. Sanitize all user inputs before processing and use proper escaping functions (htmlspecialchars, htmlentities) when outputting user data.

🔧 Temporary Workarounds

Input Validation and Sanitization

all

Add server-side validation to filter malicious script tags and sanitize all user inputs in booking.php

Modify booking.php to include: $input = htmlspecialchars($_GET['parameter'], ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');

Content Security Policy

all

Implement CSP headers to restrict script execution sources

Add to .htaccess or server config: Header set Content-Security-Policy "default-src 'self'; script-src 'self'"
Add to PHP: header("Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; script-src 'self'");

🧯 If You Can't Patch

  • Implement a Web Application Firewall (WAF) with XSS protection rules
  • Restrict access to the booking system to trusted IP addresses only

🔍 How to Verify

Check if Vulnerable:

Test booking.php endpoint with XSS payloads like <script>alert('XSS')</script> in URL parameters and form inputs

Check Version:

Check version in source code comments or configuration files: grep -r "version" ./*.php

Verify Fix Applied:

After implementing fixes, retest with XSS payloads to ensure scripts are properly sanitized and don't execute

📡 Detection & Monitoring

Log Indicators:

  • Unusual long parameter values in booking.php requests
  • Requests containing script tags or JavaScript code in parameters

Network Indicators:

  • HTTP requests to booking.php with encoded script tags or JavaScript in query strings

SIEM Query:

source="web_logs" AND uri="*booking.php*" AND (query="*<script>*" OR query="*javascript:*")

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