# CVE-2025-44184: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Attacker can inject malicious scripts via profile parameters in Best Employee Management System, potentially stealing sessions or executing code.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 14 May 2025
- **Updated:** 15 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fvmq-5x7q-w2cc

## What is CVE-2025-44184?

CVE-2025-44184 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 May 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

SourceCodester Best Employee Management System V1.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in /admin/profile.php via the website_image, fname, lname, contact, username, and address parameters.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-44184?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mayurik Best Employee Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-44184?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-44184 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-44184 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-44184 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [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-2025-1606](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1606/): SourceCodester Best Employee Management System backups.php information disclosure (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-44184 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-44184 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 May 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, 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-2025-44184 exists.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2025-44184/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-44184/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-44184
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-44184
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-44184

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-44184/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.