SourceCodester Employee Management System 1.0 Department Page /department.php Department Name cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in SourceCodester Employee Management System 1.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /department.php of the component Department Page. This manipulation of the argument Department Name causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2025-1591. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Employee Management System 1.0. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the file /department.php of the component Department Page. The manipulation of the argument Department Name with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity.

This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-1591. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and also a exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:department.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.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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02/22/2025 🔍
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02/23/2025 +1 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sourcecodester.com

Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-1591 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-1591
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-296575
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 02/22/2025 18:09
Updated: 02/23/2025 20:35
Changes: 02/22/2025 18:09 (53), 02/23/2025 20:35 (30)
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Submitter: Dariusz
Cache ID: 216::103

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Accepted

  • Submit #504048: sourcecodester Employee Management System Using PHP and MySQL Submitted January 14 2025 Cross Site Scripting (by Dariusz)

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