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CVE-2021-4462: Employee Records System v1.0 Arbitrary File Upload RCE

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2025-11-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-434

Description

Employee Records System version 1.0 contains an unrestricted file upload vulnerability that allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to upload arbitrary files via the uploadID.php endpoint; uploaded files can be executed because the application does not perform proper server-side validation. Exploitation evidence was observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2025-02-06 UTC.

Affected products

• Employee Records System: 1.0

References

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49596
• https://www.sourcecodester.com/php/11393/employee-records-system.html
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/employees-records-system-arbitrary-file-upload-rce
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49596

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