# CVE-2025-1606: SourceCodester Best Employee Management System backups.php information disclosure

> Remote attackers can access sensitive information via the backups.php file in SourceCodester Best Employee Management System.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 24 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hqvq-4fpg-fwc7

## What is CVE-2025-1606?

CVE-2025-1606 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Best Employee Management System, published on 24 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in SourceCodester Best Employee Management System 1.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /admin/backup/backups.php. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control), CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1606?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mayurik Best Employee Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-1606?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1606 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-1606 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-1606 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Best Employee Management System

- [CVE-2025-0802](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0802/): SourceCodester Best Employee Management System Administrative Endpoint View_user.php access control (medium 6.9)
- [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-2025-1607](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-2025-1606 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-1606 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Best Employee Management System, published on 24 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-1606 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-2025-1606/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1606/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1606
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1606
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-1606

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1606/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.