CVE-2025-1591: A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Employee Management System 1.0

Routine

LOW 2.4DOWNGRADE

CVE-2025-1591 is a low-severity flaw (CVSS 2.4) affecting employee management system. Below: why it ranks where it does, which versions are affected, what to do, and the exact commands.

A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Employee Management System 1.0. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /department.php of the component Department Page. The manipulation of the argument Department Name leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely.

Why this priority

No elevated risk signals yet

No fix is published yet: follow the downgrade or mitigation steps.

Risk facts

CVSS score	2.4 (Low)
Attack vector	Network (remote)
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges needed	High
User interaction	Required
EPSS exploit chance	0.3% (top 78%)
CISA exploited list	No
Weakness	CWE-79, CWE-94
Published	2025-02-23
Last modified	2026-06-17

Publisher (CNA): VulDB · Vendor: razormist

Last updated 2026-06-17 · Sources: CVE Program, NVD, CISA KEV, EPSS and vendor advisories · How we score

Am I affected?

Timeline

2025-02-23 19:15 UTCPublished CVE record published
2026-06-17 08:39 UTCUpdated Record last modified

razormist employee management system DOWNGRADE

Affected: 1.0

Fixed in: no fixed release known

Safe to downgrade to: a release before 1.0

1. Check installed version

apt-cache policy employee-management-system || rpm -q employee-management-system || employee-management-system --version

2. No fixed release: DOWNGRADE to a release before 1.0 (Debian / Ubuntu)

apt-cache madison employee-management-system sudo apt install employee-management-system=<VERSION_BEFORE_1.0> sudo apt-mark hold employee-management-system

2. No fixed release: DOWNGRADE (RHEL / Amazon Linux / Fedora)

dnf --showduplicates list employee-management-system sudo dnf downgrade employee-management-system-<VERSION_BEFORE_1.0> sudo dnf versionlock add employee-management-system

Downgrade risk

Downgrading can break dependent software and may reopen older bugs. Read the distro advisory first and test on a non-production host.

After downgrade

Restart the service, and keep the package held until a fixed release ships.

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Quick answers

How do I fix CVE-2025-1591?

employee management system: downgrade or apply the listed mitigation. Exact commands for each OS are on this page.

Is CVE-2025-1591 being exploited?

CVE-2025-1591 is not on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list at the time of the last update. Check again, as this can change.

What does CVE-2025-1591 affect?

CVE-2025-1591 affects employee management system. Severity is low (CVSS 2.4). A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Employee Management System 1.0. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /department.php of the component Department Page. The ma

How urgent is CVE-2025-1591?

Priority 14/100. No elevated risk signals yet.

Software pages

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