CVE-2025-1607
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability allows unauthorized access to the salary slip functionality in SourceCodester Best Employee Management System 1.0. Attackers can bypass authorization checks by manipulating the 'id' parameter in the /admin/salary_slip.php file. Organizations using this specific version of the employee management system are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- SourceCodester Best Employee Management System
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers gain unauthorized access to sensitive salary information of all employees, potentially leading to data theft, privacy violations, and regulatory compliance issues.
Likely Case
Unauthorized users access salary information of specific employees they target, compromising employee privacy and potentially enabling social engineering or blackmail.
If Mitigated
With proper access controls and network segmentation, impact is limited to unauthorized viewing of salary data within the compromised system.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploit details are publicly available on GitHub, making this easy to weaponize. The vulnerability requires no authentication to exploit.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Unknown
Vendor Advisory: https://www.sourcecodester.com/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
No official patch available. Vendor did not respond to disclosure. Consider alternative solutions or implement workarounds.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Access Restriction via Web Server
allRestrict access to /admin/salary_slip.php using web server configuration
# Apache: Add to .htaccess
<Files "salary_slip.php">
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
</Files>
# Nginx: Add to server block
location /admin/salary_slip.php {
deny all;
}
Input Validation
allAdd proper authorization checks in the PHP code
# Add to salary_slip.php before processing
session_start();
if (!isset($_SESSION['admin_logged_in']) || $_SESSION['admin_logged_in'] !== true) {
header('HTTP/1.0 403 Forbidden');
exit('Access Denied');
}
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Remove or rename the vulnerable salary_slip.php file
- Implement network-level access controls to restrict access to the admin interface
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Attempt to access /admin/salary_slip.php?id=1 without authentication. If salary data is returned, system is vulnerable.Check Version:
Check system documentation or admin panel for version informationVerify Fix Applied:
Attempt the same unauthorized access after implementing fixes. Should receive 403 Forbidden or similar error.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Multiple failed authentication attempts followed by successful access to /admin/salary_slip.php
- Unauthorized IP addresses accessing salary_slip.php
Network Indicators:
- Unusual traffic patterns to /admin/salary_slip.php from external IPs
- GET requests to salary_slip.php with id parameter manipulation
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND uri="/admin/salary_slip.php" AND NOT user_agent="internal_monitor" | stats count by src_ip