CVE-2025-44186: SourceCodester Best Employee Management System 1.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in /admi

Routine

MEDIUM 5.4DOWNGRADE

CVE-2025-44186 is a medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.4) affecting best employee management system. Below: why it ranks where it does, which versions are affected, what to do, and the exact commands.

SourceCodester Best Employee Management System 1.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in /admin/Operation/User.php page.

Why this priority

Public exploit reference

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

Risk facts

CVSS score	5.4 (Medium)
Attack vector	Network (remote)
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges needed	Low
User interaction	None
EPSS exploit chance	0.2% (top 93%)
CISA exploited list	No
Weakness	CWE-352
Published	2025-05-14
Last modified	2026-06-17

Publisher (CNA): MITRE · Vendor: mayurik

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

Am I affected?

Timeline

2025-05-14 17:15 UTCPublished CVE record published
2026-06-17 09:25 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-2025-44186?

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

Is CVE-2025-44186 being exploited?

CVE-2025-44186 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-2025-44186 affect?

CVE-2025-44186 affects best employee management system. Severity is medium (CVSS 5.4). SourceCodester Best Employee Management System 1.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in /admin/Operation/User.php page.

How urgent is CVE-2025-44186?

Priority 26/100. Public exploit reference

Software pages

PHP vulnerabilities

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References

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