# CVE-2025-44186: Cross-site request forgery in n/a

> Attackers can trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions in the Best Employee Management System admin panel.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A: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:** 14 May 2025
- **Updated:** 19 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r3v9-92q2-pvmf

## What is CVE-2025-44186?

CVE-2025-44186 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

SourceCodester Best Employee Management System 1.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in /admin/Operation/User.php page.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-44186?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mayurik Best Employee Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-44186?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-44186 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-44186 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-44186 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-2025-2046](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-2025-44186 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-44186 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 May 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-2025-44186 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-2025-44186/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-44186/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-44186
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-44186
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-44186

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-44186/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.