# CVE-2024-1010: SourceCodester Employee Management System edit-profile.php cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via profile fields in SourceCodester Employee 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:** 29 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 29 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c822-34mg-g7p6

## What is CVE-2024-1010?

CVE-2024-1010 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Employee Management System, published on 29 Jan 2024. 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 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.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1010?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Employee Management System Project Employee Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-1010?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1010 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-1010 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-1010 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Employee Management System

- [CVE-2024-1009](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1009/): SourceCodester Employee Management System login.php sql injection (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2022-2715](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2715/): SourceCodester Employee Management System eloginwel.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2022-2723](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2723/): SourceCodester Employee Management System eprocess.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2022-2724](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2724/): SourceCodester Employee Management System aprocess.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2024-1011](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1011/): SourceCodester Employee Management System Leave delete-leave.php access control (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1010 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1010 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Employee Management System, published on 29 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-1010 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Employee 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-2024-1010/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1010/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1010
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1010
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1010

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1010/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.