CVE-2026-9448 (GCVE-0-2026-9448)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-25 10:00 – Updated: 2026-05-28 13:05 X_Freeware
VLAI
Title
code-projects Employee Management System applyleave.php cross site scripting
Summary
A vulnerability was determined in code-projects Employee Management System 1.0. This affects an unknown function of the file /applyleave.php. Executing a manipulation of the argument ID can lead to cross site scripting. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
code-projects Employee Management System Affected: 1.0
    cpe:2.3:a:code-projects:employee_management_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
SSL_Seven_Security_Lab_WangZhiQiang_ZhanXiuChen (VulDB User)
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