Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in SourceCodester Drug Recommendation System (CVE-2026-108920)
Summary
Cross-site scripting in SourceCodester Drug Recommendation System (CVE-2026-108920). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
A security vulnerability has been detected in SourceCodester Drug Recommendation System 1.0. This affects an unknown function of the file Admin/user_record.php of the component Admin Record Tables. Such manipulation of the argument name/email leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-108920 has been found in SourceCodester Drug Recommendation System.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 4.3/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "SourceCodester Drug Recommendation System CVE-2026-108920" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-108920 (SourceCodester Drug Recommendation System) — CWE-79 / CVSS v3 4.3
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) (CWE-79) exists in SourceCodester Drug Recommendation System.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of SourceCodester Drug Recommendation System.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 4.3/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで SourceCodester Drug Recommendation System を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- web cna@vuldb.com
- web cna@vuldb.com
- web cna@vuldb.com
- web cna@vuldb.com
- web cna@vuldb.com
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web sourcecodester.com
- web github.com