Executive brief
The code-projects Employee Management System, a web application used for managing staff and project assignments, is vulnerable to a security flaw in its project tracking page. An attacker can send a specially crafted link to a user; if clicked, the attacker can execute malicious scripts in the user's browser. This could lead to the theft of login sessions, unauthorized actions performed as the victim, or the display of fraudulent information on the website.
Technical details
A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in code-projects Employee Management System 1.0 within the /empproject.php file. The 'id' GET parameter is reflected into the HTML response (specifically within navigation link href attributes) without proper sanitization or HTML escaping. A remote attacker can exploit this by tricking a user into clicking a malicious URL containing a JavaScript payload. Successful exploitation allows for the execution of arbitrary script code in the context of the victim's browser session, potentially leading to session hijacking or account takeover. A public exploit (PoC) has been disclosed.
Affected products
- code-projects Employee Management System 1.0
Timeline
- 2026-05-25: disclosed: Public disclosure of the vulnerability and exploit code.
- 2026-05-25: advisory: CVE-2026-9419 published.