CVE-2026-9449
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 vulnerability was identified in code-projects Employee Management System 1.0. This impacts an unknown function of the file /changepassemp.php. The manipulation leads to sql injection. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used.
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 · high confidenceSQL injection vulnerability in /changepassemp.php of the Employee Management System 1.0 allows remote attackers to manipulate SQL queries via unsanitized input. The vulnerability is exploitable remotely and publicly available exploits exist.
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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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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 Employee Management System installationIdentify if the application is Employee Management System 1.0 by examining application files, headers, or documentation present in the web root directoryAffected if The installed application is Employee Management System version 1.0
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Locate the vulnerable changepassemp.php fileSearch the web server document root for the file /changepassemp.php or paths containing 'changepassemp'Affected if The file changepassemp.php exists in the application directory
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Check if database functionality is in useInspect the changepassemp.php file for database connection code (mysqli_connect, mysql_connect, PDO, or SQL queries)Affected if The file contains database query logic and interacts with a MySQL or other database
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Verify user input handling in the fileExamine the changepassemp.php source code for PHP variables receiving user input (POST, GET, REQUEST) that are directly inserted into SQL queries without prepared statements or proper escapingAffected if User-supplied input from HTTP requests flows directly into SQL queries without parameterized binding
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Test for SQL injection presenceIf authorized and in a test environment, submit a single quote or common SQL injection payloads (e.g., ' OR '1'='1) in the password change parameters of changepassemp.php and observe database errors or unexpected behaviorAffected if The application returns database errors or executes injected SQL logic
The environment is affected if running Employee Management System 1.0 with the changepassemp.php file that contains unprotected SQL queries using direct user input.
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 changepassemp.php and implement input validation for all user-supplied data.
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