CVE-2025-2854
code-projects Payroll Management System update_employee.php sql injection
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in code-projects Payroll Management System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file update_employee.php. The manipulation of the argument emp_type leads to sql injection. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Other parameters might be affected as well.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
code-projects Payroll Management System update_employee.php sql injection
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in code-projects Payroll Management System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file update_employee.php. The manipulation of the argument emp_type leads to sql injection. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Other parameters might be affected as well.
- Record
CVE-2025-2854- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.0
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-89, CWE-74
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-8442
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in code-projects Payroll Management System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file update_employee.php. The manipulation of the argument emp_type leads to sql injection. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Other parameters might be affected as well.
- Record
EUVD-2025-8442- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fffw-r3h2-v6wq
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in code-projects Payroll Management System 1.0....
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in code-projects Payroll Management System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file update_employee.php. The manipulation of the argument emp_type leads to sql injection. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Other parameters might be affected as well.
- Record
GHSA-fffw-r3h2-v6wq- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-74
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in code-projects Payroll Management System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file update_employee.php. The manipulation of the argument emp_type leads to sql injection. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Other parameters might be affected as well.
- Record
CVE-2025-2854- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-74, CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-2854 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Code-projects Payroll Management System, published March 27, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.55%, the 45th percentile. No source names a fixed version.