CVE-2026-5237
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 · uneditedA security flaw has been discovered in itsourcecode Payroll Management System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /manage_user.php of the component Parameter Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument ID results in sql injection. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks.
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 itsourcecode Payroll Management System 1.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary SQL queries via the ID parameter in /manage_user.php through the Parameter Handler component. The vulnerability is remotely exploitable and public exploits are available.
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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
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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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Identify the installed Payroll Management System versionLocate any version files, about pages, or admin panels that display the software version. Check source code headers or changelog files if accessible via web root.Affected if The system is running itsourcecode Payroll Management System version 1.0 specifically.
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Verify manage_user.php exists and is accessibleAttempt to access /manage_user.php via HTTP request (e.g., GET http://target/manage_user.php). Check for HTTP 200 response indicating the file exists.Affected if The file manage_user.php is present and reachable on the web server.
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Confirm the ID parameter is acceptedSend a request to /manage_user.php with an ID parameter (e.g., /manage_user.php?id=1) and observe if the application processes it without immediate error.Affected if The ID parameter is accepted and the page returns content dependent on that parameter.
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Inspect the Parameter Handler componentIf source code is accessible, examine manage_user.php for how the ID parameter is handled. Look for direct concatenation of the ID parameter into SQL queries without prepared statements.Affected if The code uses the ID parameter directly in SQL queries without parameterized queries or input sanitization.
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Review web server logs for SQL injection attemptsCheck access logs (typically in /var/log/apache2/ or /var/log/nginx/) for requests to /manage_user.php containing SQL syntax in the ID parameter (e.g., id=1' OR '1'='1).Affected if Suspicious SQL injection patterns are found in logs targeting the ID parameter of manage_user.php.
A user is affected if the system runs itsourcecode Payroll Management System 1.0 with the manage_user.php endpoint accessible and the ID parameter processed without parameterized queries.
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 parameterized queries or prepared statements for all database operations in manage_user.php, particularly for the ID parameter, and apply input validation/sanitization. If available, apply vendor patches; otherwise, upgrade to a patched version of the software.
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