---
id: CVE-2026-108972
title: >-
  A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Human Resource Management System
  1.0
summary: >-
  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 th…
severity: high
cvss: 7.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'
cwe:
  - CWE-287
published: '2026-10-13'
updated: '2026-10-13'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-13T13:29:12.567'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-108972'
references:
  - url: 'https://tracexlabs.com/releases/hrm-10-preauth-admin-takeover.html'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-108972'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/submit/1000486'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/vuln/416791'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/vuln/416791/cti'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://www.sourcecodester.com/'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00657
epssPercentile: 0.50119
ingestedAt: '2026-10-13T07:17:52.317Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.