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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2023-27008

A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the function encrypt_password() in login.tmpl.php in ATutor 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the token parameter.

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3 Nov 2026, 03:12 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2023-27008

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 Mar 2023, 00:00 UTC

A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the function encrypt_password() in login.tmpl.php in ATutor 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the token parameter.

osv:CVE-2023-27008
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-27008",
  "method": "structured",
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              "type": "GIT",
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          ],
          "versions": [
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        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:25.455496163Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://plantplants213607121.wordpress.com/2023/02/16/atutor-2-2-1-cross-site-scripting-via-the-token-body-parameter/",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/27xxx/CVE-2023-27008.json",
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      ],
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      }
    },
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    "security_relevant": true,
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 492133,
  "published_at": "2023-03-28T00:00:00+00:00"
}