SourceCodester Employee Records System 1.0 uploadID.php unrestricted upload

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A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Employee Records System 1.0. It has been classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the file uploadID.php. This manipulation causes unrestricted upload. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2021-4462. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in SourceCodester Employee Records System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the file uploadID.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-434. The product allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Employee Records System version 1.0 contains an unrestricted file upload vulnerability that allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to upload arbitrary files via the uploadID.php endpoint; uploaded files can be executed because the application does not perform proper server-side validation. Exploitation evidence was observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2025-02-06 UTC.

The weakness was disclosed by sml as 49596. The advisory is shared at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-4462 since 11/07/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1608.002 for this issue.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:uploadID.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 databases at Exploit-DB (49596) and EUVD (EUVD-2021-34713). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• SourceCodester

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• Employee Records System

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• 1.0

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• free

Website

• Vendor: https://www.sourcecodester.com/

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