High severity · published Oct 13, 2026
CVE-2026-108972
SourceCodester Human Resource Management System Employee Endpoint employee.php session_start improper authentication
7.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Human Resource Management System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is the function session_start of the file controller/employee.php of the component Employee Endpoint. The manipulation of the argument role/pfimg/EmpId results in improper authentication. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
HR
Human Resource Management System · SourceCodester
1.0 · source: vendor
Affected product
HR
Human Resource Management System
SourceCodester
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-108972
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-108972
vdb-entry
https://vuldb.com/vuln/416791
signature
https://vuldb.com/vuln/416791/cti
third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-108972
third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/submit/1000486
exploit
https://tracexlabs.com/releases/hrm-10-preauth-admin-takeover.html
product
https://www.sourcecodester.com/
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