01 Record
CVE-2026-108972
SourceCodester Human Resource Management System Employee Endpoint employee.php session_start improper authentication
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: VulDB
CNA base score6.9 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
02 Description
SourceCodester Human Resource Management System Employee Endpoint employee.php session_start improper authentication
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 33.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-15.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-10-13 06:00Z16 DAYS AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-15 15:13Z13 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-10-11
- Assigning CNA
- VulDB
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.9)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- bcd9030409cd90c87b86ca2047752ee3c96ec92b85f7d6a8ce4ea874dfacb4e5
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- vuldb.comVDB-416791 | SourceCodester Human Resource Management System Employee Endpoint employee.php session_start improper authenticationhttps://vuldb.com/vuln/416791
- vuldb.comVDB-416791 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)https://vuldb.com/vuln/416791/cti
- vuldb.comCVE-2026-108972 | CVE Analysis and Reporthttps://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-108972
- vuldb.comSubmit #1000486 | SourceCodester Human Resource Management System 10 No Auth Check on the Employee Endpoint: Anyone Creates an Admin,https://vuldb.com/submit/1000486
- tracexlabs.comhttps://tracexlabs.com/releases/hrm-10-preauth-admin-takeover.html
- www.sourcecodester.comhttps://www.sourcecodester.com/