Employee Performance Evaluation System v1.0 was discovered to contain a persistent…
Priority MEDIUM 55CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- 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 Performance Evaluation System v1.0 was discovered to contain a persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via adding new entries under the Departments and Designations module.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00466 40th 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:employee_performance_evaluation_system_project:employee_performance_evaluation_system:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.0 | Vulnerable | Employee Performance Evaluation System Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:employee_performance_evaluation_system_project:employee_performance_evaluation_system:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0 Vulnerable ·Employee Performance Evaluation System Project
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-40435
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8m5m-rfm8-x8v8
References
More Employee Performance Evaluation System Project Employee Performance Evaluation System vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-13944 Employee Performance Evaluation System v1.0 was discovered to contain an arbitrary file… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2020-17928 Employee Performance Evaluation System in PHP/MySQLi with Source Code 1.0 is affected by… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2020-17927 Employee Performance Evaluation System in PHP/MySQLi with Source Code 1.0 is affected by… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
Sources
- CVE-2022-40435 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-40435 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8m5m-rfm8-x8v8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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