# CVE-2025-8501: code-projects Human Resource Integrated System action.php cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via the content argument in action.php, potentially compromising user sessions and data.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7j92-2vfh-4g6w

## What is CVE-2025-8501?

CVE-2025-8501 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in code-projects Human Resource Integrated System, published on 3 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in code-projects Human Resource Integrated System 1.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file /insert-and-view/action.php. The manipulation of the argument content leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code), CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8501?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fabian Human Resource Integrated System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-8501?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8501 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-8501 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-8501 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in code-projects Human Resource Integrated System

- [CVE-2025-9733](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9733/): code-projects Human Resource Integrated System login_timeee.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-56293](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-56293/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2025-8500](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8500/): code-projects Human Resource Integrated System action.php sql injection (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-8501 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-8501 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in code-projects Human Resource Integrated System, published on 3 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, 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-2025-8501 exists.

Affected product: code-projects Human Resource Integrated 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-2025-8501/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8501/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8501
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8501
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-8501

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8501/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.