# CVE-2025-0802: SourceCodester Best Employee Management System Administrative Endpoint View_user.php access control

> Remote attackers can access administrative user viewing endpoints without proper authorization, potentially exposing sensitive employee data.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 12 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pgxq-89jq-23cm

## What is CVE-2025-0802?

CVE-2025-0802 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SourceCodester Best Employee Management System, published on 29 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in SourceCodester Best Employee Management System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /admin/View_user.php of the component Administrative Endpoint. The manipulation leads to improper access controls. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control), CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0802?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mayurik Best Employee Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-0802?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-0802 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-0802 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-0802 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Best Employee Management System

- [CVE-2025-44185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-44185/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2025-44186](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-44186/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2025-2046](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2046/): SourceCodester Best Employee Management System print1.php sql injection (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-1606](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1606/): SourceCodester Best Employee Management System backups.php information disclosure (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-1607](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1607/): SourceCodester Best Employee Management System salary_slip.php authorization (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-0802 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-0802 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SourceCodester Best Employee Management System, published on 29 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-0802 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Best 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-2025-0802/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0802/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-0802
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0802
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-0802

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0802/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.