Description
A security flaw has been discovered in code-projects Employee Management System 1.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file 370project/mark.php. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks.
Published: 2026-04-27
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Cross‑Site Scripting
Action: Patch Immediately
AI Analysis

Impact

Code‑Projects Employee Management System 1.0 contains an input handling flaw in mark.php that allows attackers to inject arbitrary script code. This vulnerability is a typical cross‑site scripting (XSS) flaw, identified as CWE‑79, and it also potentially permits code execution via the content of the injected input, reflected in CWE‑94. Successful exploitation can lead to session hijacking, credential theft, and defacement of the web interface.

Affected Systems

The affected product is the code‑projects Employee Management System. No specific version numbers beyond 1.0 are listed, and the description indicates that the flaw impacts file 370project/mark.php within this system. Administrators should verify whether they are running the impacted module and scan their environment for the presence of the vulnerable file.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 5.3 indicates a medium severity risk, while the EPSS score of less than 1% suggests a very low probability of exploitation in the wild. However, the vulnerability is publicly documented and the exploit code has been released, meaning that a determined adversary could easily craft a malicious request. Since the flaw allows remote execution through standard HTTP traffic, the attack vector is likely remote. The vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, but the combination of the score and public exploitation urges prompt action.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on April 28, 2026 at 04:34 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Update or patch the Employee Management System to a version that contains the fix once the vendor releases one.
  • Sanitize or encode all user‑supplied data in mark.php before rendering it to the browser to prevent script injection.
  • Deploy a web application firewall rule that blocks script tags or excessive script injection patterns on the target page.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on April 28, 2026 at 04:34 UTC.

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History

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 28 Apr 2026 01:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Code-projects
Code-projects employee Management System
Vendors & Products Code-projects
Code-projects employee Management System

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A security flaw has been discovered in code-projects Employee Management System 1.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file 370project/mark.php. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks.
Title code-projects Employee Management System mark.php cross site scripting
Weaknesses CWE-79
CWE-94
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 5, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}


Subscriptions

Code-projects Employee Management System
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-29T13:50:39.536Z

Reserved: 2026-04-26T16:01:08.440Z

Link: CVE-2026-7116

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-29T13:50:35.495Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-04-27T12:16:25.243

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:00:01.613

Link: CVE-2026-7116

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-28T04:45:22Z

Weaknesses