CVE-2020-29215

MEDIUM

SourceCodester Employee Management System 1.0 - XSS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2020-29215. PoCs published by Ankita Pal.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a stored XSS vulnerability in Employee Management System 1.0 by injecting a malicious payload into the 'First Name' and 'Last Name' fields. The payload executes when viewed in the 'View Employee' section, stealing cookies.

Description

A Cross Site Scripting in SourceCodester Employee Management System 1.0 allows the user to execute alert messages via /Employee Management System/addemp.php on admin account.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Ankita Pal · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48881

This exploit demonstrates a stored XSS vulnerability in Employee Management System 1.0 by injecting a malicious payload into the 'First Name' and 'Last Name' fields. The payload executes when viewed in the 'View Employee' section, stealing cookies.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Employee Management System 1.0
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the addemp.php page
MITRE ATT&CK
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48881

Scores

CVSS v3 5.4
EPSS 0.0062
EPSS Percentile 44.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (1)
razormist/employee_management_system 1.0
Published Jun 15, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026