# CVE-2024-9083: SourceCodester Employee Management System add-admin.php cross site scripting

> An attacker can inject malicious scripts via the txtfullname parameter in the admin panel, potentially compromising user sessions or data.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 23 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f9f2-hp6f-858r

## What is CVE-2024-9083?

CVE-2024-9083 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Employee Management System, published on 22 Sep 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### 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 /Admin/add-admin.php. The manipulation of the argument txtfullname leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9083?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Razormist Employee Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-9083?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9083 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-9083 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-9083 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Employee Management System

- [CVE-2024-1876](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1876/): SourceCodester Employee Management System psubmit.php sql injection (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2024-1877](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1877/): SourceCodester Employee Management System cancel.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2024-1878](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1878/): SourceCodester Employee Management System myprofile.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2024-1007](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1007/): SourceCodester Employee Management System edit_profile.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2020-29215](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-29215/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-9083 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-9083 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Employee Management System, published on 22 Sep 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-9083 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-2024-9083/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9083/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9083
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9083
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9083

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.