CVE-2026-5238
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 weakness has been identified in itsourcecode Payroll Management System 1.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /view_employee.php of the component Parameter Handler. Executing a manipulation of the argument ID can lead to sql injection. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been made available to the public and could 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's view_employee.php file. The ID parameter passed to the Parameter Handler component is not properly sanitized, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary SQL queries by manipulating the argument.
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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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Confirm Payroll Management System 1.0 is installedLocate the itsourcecode Payroll Management System installation directory by searching for typical web root locations (e.g., /var/www/html, /htdocs, C:\inetpub\wwwroot) or check your web server configuration for this application.Affected if The application directory containing Payroll Management System files exists on the server.
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Locate the vulnerable view_employee.php fileSearch for the file view_employee.php within the Payroll Management System installation directory.Affected if The file view_employee.php exists in the application structure.
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Verify the ID parameter is handled by view_employee.phpInspect view_employee.php and look for code that retrieves the 'ID' parameter from GET or POST requests (e.g., $_GET['ID'], $_POST['ID'], or Request::get('ID')).Affected if The file processes an ID parameter from user input without proper validation.
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Check for unsafe SQL query construction on the ID parameterExamine view_employee.php for SQL queries that concatenate or embed the ID parameter directly into query strings (e.g., 'SELECT * FROM ... WHERE id=' . $id or "SELECT * FROM ... WHERE id=$id").Affected if The code contains SQL queries that use string concatenation or interpolation with the ID parameter instead of parameterized queries or prepared statements.
If Payroll Management System 1.0 is running, view_employee.php processes user-supplied ID parameter, and the code constructs SQL queries dynamically without prepared statements, the environment is affected by this SQL injection vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
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From vendor dataReplace dynamic SQL queries with parameterized queries/prepared statements in view_employee.php and implement strict input validation on all user-supplied parameters.
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