Critical 9.3Published Nov 10, 2025

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

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 5:10 AM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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.

CVSS: 9.3 CRITICAL (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-434
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: VulnCheck
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Apr 7, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Employee Records System Employee Records System employee_records_system:employee_records_system (from the name)	1.0	CNA record
skittles employee_records_system skittles:employee_records_system	1.0	NVD

References

References

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

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