# CVE-2022-3493: SourceCodester Human Resource Management System Add Employee cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via employee name fields in the SourceCodester HR Management System, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Low 3.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Oct 2022
- **Updated:** 20 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-76cw-59x8-rvfm

## What is CVE-2022-3493?

CVE-2022-3493 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Human Resource Management System, published on 13 Oct 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in SourceCodester Human Resource Management System 1.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Add Employee Handler. The manipulation of the argument First Name/Middle Name/Last Name leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. The identifier VDB-210773 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation), CWE-707 (Improper Neutralization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3493?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oretnom23 Human Resource Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-3493?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3493 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-3493 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3493 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Human Resource Management System

- [CVE-2024-35469](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35469/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-43262](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43262/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-34221](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34221/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-43318](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43318/): SQL injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-40682](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40682/): SQL injection vulnerability in Human Resource Management System (high 8.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-3493 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-3493 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Human Resource Management System, published on 13 Oct 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3493 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SourceCodester Human Resource Management System. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3493/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3493/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3493
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3493
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3493

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3493/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.