Employee Record Management System v 1.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via editempprofile.php.
Priority MEDIUM 58CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Employee Record Management System v 1.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via editempprofile.php.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00513 43rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:phpgurukul:employee_record_management_system:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.2 | Vulnerable | PHPGurukul |
- cpe:2.3:a:phpgurukul:employee_record_management_system:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2 Vulnerable ·PHPGurukul
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-37781
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-888x-qw5v-x2w5
References
More PHPGurukul Employee Record Management System vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-15633 Employee Record Management System v 1.2 is vulnerable to SQL Injection via editempprofile.php. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-05701 PHPGurukul Employee Record Management System editempeducation.php sql injection CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2025-04678 PHPGurukul Employee Record Management System editempexp.php sql injection CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2025-04677 PHPGurukul Employee Record Management System myprofile.php sql injection CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2025-04676 PHPGurukul Employee Record Management System loginerms.php sql injection CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2025-03726 PHPGurukul Employee Record Management System editmyeducation.php sql injection CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
Sources
- CVE-2021-37781 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-37781 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-888x-qw5v-x2w5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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