CVE-2025-40683
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedReflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Human Resource Management System version 1.0. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute JavaScript code in the victim's browser by sending a malicious URL through the 'searccity' parameter in /city.php.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceA reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the Human Resource Management System version 1.0. The 'searccity' parameter in /city.php does not properly sanitize user input before reflecting it back in the response. An attacker can craft a malicious URL containing JavaScript payload that executes in victim's browser when clicked.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 1.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Oretnom23 HRMS versionInspect application files, headers, or about page to verify the installed version is exactly 1.0Affected if The application is Oretnom23 Human Resource Management System version 1.0
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Locate city.php fileSearch the web root directory for the file city.phpAffected if The file city.php exists in the web application directory
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Verify 'searccity' parameter existsOpen city.php and search for usage of the 'searccity' parameter in the codeAffected if The code contains the 'searccity' parameter being processed
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Check for missing input sanitizationReview the city.php code to see if 'searccity' parameter is reflected in the response without sanitization or encodingAffected if The 'searccity' parameter is echoed back in the HTML response without sanitization functions such as htmlspecialchars()
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Confirm parameter is reachableAttempt to access city.php with a test query string containing the 'searccity' parameterAffected if The vulnerable endpoint is accessible without authentication or with standard user credentials
The environment is affected if Oretnom23 HRMS v1.0 is running and the city.php file exists with the 'searccity' parameter reflecting unsanitized user input in the response.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement input validation and output encoding for the 'searccity' parameter in city.php. All user-supplied input should be validated against an allowlist and properly encoded before being reflected in HTML output.
- Consultation3.0 h
- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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