VulnerabilityPublished 29 Jan 2024Updated 29 May 2025

CVE-2024-1010: SourceCodester Employee Management System · Cross-site Scripting

Affects SourceCodester Employee Management SystemSource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 3.5 Low.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 13:47 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

3.5Low

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 47% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: Required
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: Low: The attacker is authorized with (i.e., requires) privileges that provide basic user capabilities that could normally affect only settings and files owned by a user. Alternatively, an attacker with Low privileges may have the ability to cause an impact only to non-sensitive resources.
User Interaction: Required: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires a user to take some action before the vulnerability can be exploited.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the impacted component.
Integrity: Low: Modification of data is possible, but the attacker does not have control over the consequence of a modification, or the amount of modification is limited. The data modification does not have a direct, serious impact on the impacted component.
Availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 29 Jan 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
GitHubjomskiller/Employee-Management-System---Stored-XSS`pkg:github/jomskiller/Employee-Management-System---Stored-XSS`Other threats	Affected =1.0	Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

To mitigate this vulnerability, organizations should implement strict input validation and output encoding on all user-supplied data fields within the edit-profile.php page. Specifically, employing context-aware encoding (e.g., HTML entity encoding) when rendering user inputs in the web interface is critical. Additionally, adopting Content Security Policy (CSP) headers can help reduce the impact of XSS by restricting the execution of unauthorized scripts. Since no official patches are currently available, organizations should consider applying virtual patching via web application firewalls (WAFs) that can detect and block typical XSS payloads targeting the vulnerable parameters. User education to recognize phishing attempts and suspicious links can also reduce the risk of successful exploitation. Finally, monitoring logs for unusual activity related to profile editing and reviewing user privileges to minimize unnecessary access can further reduce attack surface.

Description

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in SourceCodester Employee Management System 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the file edit-profile.php. The manipulation of the argument fullname/phone/date of birth/address/date of appointment leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-252279.

Impact

For European organizations using the SourceCodester Employee Management System 1.0, this vulnerability could lead to targeted attacks against employees or administrators who interact with the affected profile editing functionality. While the direct impact on confidentiality is minimal, the injected scripts could be used to steal session cookies, perform unauthorized actions on behalf of users, or deliver malicious payloads. This can undermine trust in internal HR or employee management portals, potentially leading to data leakage or disruption of employee services. Given that employee management systems often contain sensitive personal data, even limited XSS vulnerabilities can be leveraged as part of broader attack campaigns. The requirement for user interaction and low privileges reduces the likelihood of widespread automated exploitation but does not eliminate risk, especially in environments where social engineering is feasible. European organizations with strict data protection regulations (e.g., GDPR) must consider the reputational and compliance risks associated with any exploitation that leads to personal data compromise.

Summary

CVE-2024-1010 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability identified in version 1.0 of the SourceCodester Employee Management System, specifically within the edit-profile.php file. The vulnerability arises from improper sanitization or validation of user-supplied input fields such as fullname, phone, date of birth, address, and date of appointment. An attacker can exploit this flaw by injecting malicious scripts into these input parameters, which are then reflected back to users without adequate encoding or filtering. This type of vulnerability falls under CWE-79, which is a common web application security issue that can lead to the execution of arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the victim's browser. The attack vector is remote and requires the attacker to have low privileges (PR:L) and user interaction (UI:R), such as tricking a user into clicking a crafted link or submitting a malicious form. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 3.5, indicating a low severity primarily due to the limited impact on confidentiality and availability, and the requirement for user interaction and some privileges. The vulnerability does not appear to have known exploits in the wild as of the publication date, and no official patches have been linked yet. However, the presence of this XSS vulnerability can facilitate secondary attacks such as session hijacking, phishing, or defacement within the affected application environment.

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighCWE Top 25 (2025): #1OWASP Top 10 A05:2025: Injection (opens in a new tab)
The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.
Architecture and Design · Libraries or Frameworks
Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
Implementation · Architecture and Design
Understand the context in which your data will be used and the encoding that will be expected. This is especially important when transmitting data between different components, or when generating outputs that can contain multiple encodings at the same time, such as web pages or multi-part mail messages.
Architecture and Design · Implementation · Attack Surface Reduction
Understand all the potential areas where untrusted inputs can enter your software: parameters or arguments, cookies, anything read from the network, environment variables, reverse DNS lookups, query results, request headers, URL components, e-mail, files, filenames, databases, and any external systems that provide…
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Cross Site Scripting Prevention (opens in a new tab)
DOM based XSS Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Injection Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Abuse Case (opens in a new tab)
Deserialization (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V5.3.3 (opens in a new tab)
V1.5.1 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch (opens in a new tab)
DOM-Based XSS (opens in a new tab)
Reflected XSS (opens in a new tab)
Stored XSS (opens in a new tab)
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 8 Jul 2025, 01:25 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-79

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