CVE-2025-1592: A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Best Employee Management System 1.0

Routine

LOW 2.4DOWNGRADE

CVE-2025-1592 is a low-severity flaw (CVSS 2.4) affecting best 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 Best Employee Management System 1.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /admin/Operations/Role.php of the component Add Role Page. The manipulation of the argument assign_name/description leads to cross site scripting. The attack may 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	0.4% (top 68%)
CISA exploited list	No
Weakness	CWE-79, CWE-94
Published	2025-02-23
Last modified	2026-06-17

Publisher (CNA): VulDB · Vendor: mayurik

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 20:15 UTCPublished CVE record published
2026-06-17 08:39 UTCUpdated Record last modified

mayurik best 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 best-employee-management-system || rpm -q best-employee-management-system || best-employee-management-system --version

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

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

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

dnf --showduplicates list best-employee-management-system sudo dnf downgrade best-employee-management-system-<VERSION_BEFORE_1.0> sudo dnf versionlock add best-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-2025-1592?

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

Is CVE-2025-1592 being exploited?

CVE-2025-1592 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-2025-1592 affect?

CVE-2025-1592 affects best employee management system. Severity is low (CVSS 2.4). A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Best Employee Management System 1.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /admin/Operations/Role.php of the component Add Role Page. T

How urgent is CVE-2025-1592?

Priority 16/100. No elevated risk signals yet.

Software pages

PHP vulnerabilities

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