CVE-2025-1591 SourceCodester Employee Management System Department Page department.php cross site scripting

Medium 4.8 Published 23 Feb 2025 Updated 24 Feb 2025

Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via the Department Name field in the Employee Management System, potentially compromising user sessions.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2025-1591?

CVE-2025-1591 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Employee Management System, published on 23 Feb 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Employee Management System 1.0. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /department.php of the component Department Page. The manipulation of the argument Department Name leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely.

Weakness: CWE-94, CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1591?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Razormist Employee Management System.

How do I fix CVE-2025-1591?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1591 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2025-1591 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1591 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jr77-j75c-mjm5.