Vulnerabilities

Security incident · CVE-2025-40686

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Human Resource Management System version 1.0.

Published Jul 29, 2025 · catalog updated Jul 29, 2025 · Human Resource Management System Human Resource Management System

Check this week

CVE-2025-40686 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 19.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Human Resource Management System Human Resource Management System.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium4.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
19.00%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor Human Resource Management System Human Resource Management System 1.0

Reflected 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 'employeeid' parameter in/detailview.php.

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  • vendor Human Resource Management System Human Resource Management System 1.01.0

How to fix CVE-2025-40686

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2025-40686 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 19.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Human Resource Management System Human Resource Management System.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Human Resource Management System Human Resource Management System 1.0 1.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 19.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jul 29, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    Reflected 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 'employeeid' parameter in/detailview.php.

  2. Jul 29, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    Reflected 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 'employeeid' parameter in/detailview.php.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-40686

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-22990

    Reflected 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 'employeeid' parameter in/detailview.php.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Jul 29, 2025. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.