SourceCodester Employee Management System Project Assignment Report assignp.php cross site scripting

published 2024-02-24 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-17596

cvss: 3.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 43%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in SourceCodester Employee Management System 1.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file /process/assignp.php of the component Project Assignment Report. The manipulation of the argument pname leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-254694 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-07-25)

Exploit prediction

0.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

github.com https://github.com/skid-nochizplz/skid-nochizplz/blob/main/TrashBin/CVE/SOURCECODESTER%20EMPLOYEE%20MANAGEMENT%20SYSTEM/XSS%20Vulnerability%20in%20Project%20Assignment%20Report.md referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	3.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CNA	3.0	3.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CNA	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
NVD	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

SourceCodester Employee Management System
sourcecodester employee_management_system

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

github.com /skid-nochizplz/skid-nochizplz/blob/main/TrashBin/CVE/SOURCECODESTER%20EMPLOYEE%20MANAGEMENT%20SYSTEM/XSS%20Vu
exploit, broken-link
vuldb.com /?id.254694
vdb-entry, technical-description, third-party-advisory
vuldb.com /?ctiid.254694
signature, permissions-required

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-1871
NVD CVE-2024-1871

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Summary