CVE-2021-38583

MEDIUM

openBaraza HCM 3.1.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via Multiple Pages

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2021-38583. PoCs published by charlesbickel.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository documents a reflected XSS vulnerability in openBaraza HCM HR Payroll v3.1.6, detailing affected pages and payloads. It includes technical specifics such as vulnerable parameters and proof-of-concept payloads, but does not contain functional exploit code.

Description

openBaraza HCM 3.1.6 does not properly neutralize user-controllable input, which allows reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) on multiple pages: hr/subscription.jsp and hr/application.jsp and and hr/index.jsp (with view= and data=).

Exploits (1)

nomisec WRITEUP
by charlesbickel · poc
https://github.com/charlesbickel/CVE-2021-38583

This repository documents a reflected XSS vulnerability in openBaraza HCM HR Payroll v3.1.6, detailing affected pages and payloads. It includes technical specifics such as vulnerable parameters and proof-of-concept payloads, but does not contain functional exploit code.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: openBaraza HCM HR Payroll v3.1.6
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to vulnerable web pages
MITRE ATT&CK
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Product x_refsource_misc
https://openbaraza.org
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceforge.net/projects/obhrms/?source=directory
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/charlesbickel/CVE-2021-38583

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0109
EPSS Percentile 78.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (1)
openbaraza/openbaraza_human_capital_management 3.1.6
Published Aug 13, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026