CVE-2026-37347
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 · uneditedSourceCodester Payroll Management and Information System v1.0 is vulnerable to SQL Injection in the file /payroll/view_employee.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 confidenceSQL Injection vulnerability in /payroll/view_employee.php of SourceCodester Payroll Management System v1.0 allows attackers to inject malicious SQL queries via unsanitized input parameters, potentially enabling unauthorized data access, manipulation, or complete database compromise.
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CVSS 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
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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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Locate the vulnerable PHP fileSearch for view_employee.php in the web root directory, typically under /payroll/ folder. On Linux: find /var/www -name "view_employee.php" 2>/dev/null. On Windows: search for view_employee.php in the web application directory.Affected if The file /payroll/view_employee.php exists in the application directory tree
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Confirm the application versionCheck for version information in the application. Look for a version file, about page, or header/comment in index.php that displays the Payroll Management System version.Affected if The application version is 1.0 (the affected version)
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Inspect the SQL query implementation in view_employee.phpOpen view_employee.php and examine the database query code. Look for SQL statements that directly concatenate or embed user-supplied input (like $_GET, $_POST, or $_REQUEST parameters) into SQL queries without using prepared statements or parameter binding.Affected if The file contains SQL queries where user input parameters are inserted directly into the query string without escaping or parameterization
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Identify the vulnerable input parametersIn view_employee.php, locate all $_GET, $_POST, or $_REQUEST variable usages. Check if any of these parameters are used in SQL queries without sanitization or parameter binding.Affected if User-controlled parameters (from GET/POST requests) are used directly in SQL queries without prepared statements
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Verify the file is web-accessibleCheck if the web server configuration allows access to /payroll/view_employee.php. Attempt to access the URL (e.g., http://yourserver/payroll/view_employee.php) to confirm it is reachable.Affected if The file is accessible via HTTP/HTTPS requests, allowing external attackers to supply malicious input
If view_employee.php exists, the application is version 1.0, and the file contains SQL queries that directly incorporate user input without prepared statements or input sanitization, the environment is affected by this SQL injection vulnerability.
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 dataReplace dynamic SQL queries with parameterized queries/prepared statements in view_employee.php and all related files; implement input validation and output encoding; apply principle of least privilege to database accounts.
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