# CVE-2026-116640: Saruf-Ratul HR-Payroll-Management-System chat.php cross site scripting


- **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
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 27 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4vq8-3jwp-cxgv

## What is CVE-2026-116640?

CVE-2026-116640 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Saruf-Ratul HR-Payroll-Management-System, published on 27 Oct 2026. 

### Official description

A flaw has been found in Saruf-Ratul HR-Payroll-Management-System e7cd81477001afdee95b843fd4137894d9418c9f/3fd6f45ead9f8197510c0910f759e06ee67251e5. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file chat.php. Executing a manipulation of the argument ID can lead to cross site scripting. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been published and may be used. This product takes the approach of rolling releases to provide continious delivery. Therefore, version details for affected and updated releases are not available. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

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-2026-116640?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-116640?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-116640 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-116640 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-116640 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

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Check this codebase for CVE-2026-116640 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-116640 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Saruf-Ratul HR-Payroll-Management-System, published on 27 Oct 2026. 
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-116640 exists.

Affected product: Saruf-Ratul HR-Payroll-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-2026-116640/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-116640/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116640
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116640
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-116640

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-116640/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.