A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in SourceCodester Human Resource Management System 1.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Add Employee Handler. The manipulation of the argument First Name/Middle Name/Last Name leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. The identifier VDB-210773 was assigned to this vulnerability.
The product does not ensure or incorrectly ensures that structured messages or data are well-formed and that certain security properties are met before being read from an upstream component or sent to a downstream component.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Human_resource_management_system | Oretnom23 | 1.0 (including) | 1.0 (including) |
If a message is malformed, it may cause the message to be incorrectly interpreted. Neutralization is an abstract term for any technique that ensures that input (and output) conforms with expectations and is “safe.” This can be done by:
This weakness typically applies in cases where the product prepares a control message that another process must act on, such as a command or query, and malicious input that was intended as data, can enter the control plane instead. However, this weakness also applies to more general cases where there are not always control implications.