SourceCodester Employees Payroll Management System 1.0 Main.php code/title/from_date/to_date cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Employees Payroll Management System 1.0. It has been classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the file Main.php. Performing a manipulation of the argument code/title/from_date/to_date results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-23022. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in SourceCodester Employees Payroll Management System 1.0. This affects an unknown code block of the file Main.php. The manipulation of the argument code/title/from_date/to_date with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in sourcecodester oretnom23 employee's payroll management system 1.0, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via the code, title, from_date and to_date inputs in file Main.php.

The advisory is shared at gist.github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-23022 since 01/11/2023. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

By approaching the search of inurl:Main.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-27122). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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01/11/2023 🔍
05/01/2024 +475 days 🔍
05/01/2024 +0 days 🔍
10/06/2025 +523 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sourcecodester.com

Advisory: gist.github.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-23022 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-23022
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-262785
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/01/2024 20:32
Updated: 10/06/2025 07:59
Changes: 05/01/2024 20:32 (53), 02/21/2025 20:16 (13), 04/02/2025 11:37 (3), 10/06/2025 07:59 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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