CVE-2026-108972 (GCVE-0-2026-108972)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-13 06:00
Modified
2026-10-15 15:13
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-287 - 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.
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Impacted products
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| SourceCodester | Human Resource Management System |
Version: 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:sourcecodester:human_resource_management_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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