What is CVE-2021-37781?

CVE-2021-37781 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpgurukul Employee Record Management System, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-10-28.

How severe is CVE-2021-37781?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Phpgurukul Employee Record Management System

CVE-2021-37781

Employee Record Management System v 1.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via editempprofile.php.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-10-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (36.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 36th percentile — 36.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Phpgurukul Employee Record Management System — versions 1.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

phpgurukul.com/employee-record-management-system-in-php-and-mysql/ (Vendor Advisory)
github.com/BigTiger2020/Employee-Record-Management-System/blob/main/Employee Re… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-37781?: CVE-2021-37781 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpgurukul Employee Record Management System, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-10-28.
How severe is CVE-2021-37781?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.