What is CVE-2022-40435?

CVE-2022-40435 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Employee Performance Evaluation System Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-12-19.

How severe is CVE-2022-40435?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

XSS in Employee Performance Evaluation System Project

CVE-2022-40435

Employee Performance Evaluation System v1.0 was discovered to contain a persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via adding new entries under the Departments and Designations module.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-12-19 · last modified 2026-07-09.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (36.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 37th percentile — 36.8% 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

Employee Performance Evaluation System Project — versions 1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Not Applicable)
www.sourcecodester.com (Third Party Advisory)
isaghojaria.medium.com/employee-performance-evaluation-system-v1-0-fdf7eb5eaf92 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-40435?: CVE-2022-40435 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Employee Performance Evaluation System Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-12-19.
How severe is CVE-2022-40435?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.