CVE-2025-44184

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 14 May 2025

Published

14 May 2025

Modified

28 May 2025

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score v3.1 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS Score 0.0017 37.5th percentile

Risk Priority 10 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-44184 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Mayurik Best Employee Management System. Its CVSS base score is 4.8 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique JavaScript (T1059.007); ranked at the 37.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-14936

Vulnerability details

SourceCodester Best Employee Management System V1.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in /admin/profile.php via the website_image, fname, lname, contact, username, and address parameters.

CWE(s): CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1059.007 JavaScript Execution

Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.

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T1189 Drive-by Compromise Initial Access

Adversaries may gain access to a system through a user visiting a website over the normal course of browsing.

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T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access

Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

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T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie Credential Access

An adversary may steal web application or service session cookies and use them to gain access to web applications or Internet services as an authenticated user without needing credentials.

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Why these techniques?

Stored XSS in admin profile page enables arbitrary JavaScript execution (T1059.007) when viewed by victims, facilitating drive-by compromise (T1189), exploitation of public-facing web applications (T1190), and theft of web session cookies (T1539).