Vulnerability · Published Apr 5, 2023 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2023-1853SourceCodester Online Payroll System employee_edit.php cross site scripting

Low 3.5

In plain English

A low-severity cross-site scripting in Online Payroll System from SourceCodester. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 49% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.5Low

Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 50.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in SourceCodester Online Payroll System 1.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /admin/employee_edit.php. The manipulation of the argument of leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-224993 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
SourceCodester	Online Payroll System	1.0

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

https://vuldb.com/?id.224993 vdb-entry, technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.224993 signature, permissions-required
https://github.com/E1CHO/cve_hub/blob/main/Online%20Payroll%20System%20in%20PHP%20and%20MySQL%20Free%20Download%20A%20Comprehensive%20Guide/Online%20Payroll%20System%20in%20PHP%20and%20MySQL%20Free%20Download%20A%20Comprehensive%20Guide%20-%20vlun%209.pdf exploit