CVE-2026-108972 (GCVE-0-2026-108972)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-13 06:00 – Updated: 2026-10-13 06:00 X_Freeware
VLAI
Title
SourceCodester Human Resource Management System Employee Endpoint employee.php session_start improper authentication
Summary
A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Human Resource Management System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is the function session_start of the file controller/employee.php of the component Employee Endpoint. The manipulation of the argument role/pfimg/EmpId results in improper authentication. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used.
Severity
6.9 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CWE
  • CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
Assigner
VulDB CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 3875 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
SourceCodester Human Resource Management System Affected: 1.0
    cpe:2.3:a:sourcecodester:human_resource_management_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
SanthoshKumar (VulDB User)
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