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CVE-2026-108972 high CVSS 7.3

Authentication Bypass in SourceCodester Human Resource Management System (CVE-2026-108972)

Summary

Authentication bypass in SourceCodester Human Resource Management System (CVE-2026-108972). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Human Resource Management System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is the function session_start of the file controller/employee.php of the component Employee Endpoint. The manipulation of the argument role/pfimg/EmpId results in improper authentication. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used.

Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-108972 has been found in SourceCodester Human Resource Management System.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 7.3/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "SourceCodester Human Resource Management System CVE-2026-108972" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2026-108972 (SourceCodester Human Resource Management System) — CWE-287 / CVSS v3 7.3
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

Authentication bypass (CWE-287) exists in SourceCodester Human Resource Management System.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of SourceCodester Human Resource Management System.

🔥 Severity

Severity: High (CVSS 7.3/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

  1. 1
    Identify exposure identify 
    Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.

    資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで SourceCodester Human Resource Management System を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。

  2. 2
    Post-deployment verification verify 
    Confirm patched version is live in production

    パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

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