# CVE-2026-116640: Saruf-Ratul HR-Payroll-Management-System chat.php cross site scripting

Status: published. Published: 2026-10-27. Updated: 2026-11-14.

A flaw has been found in Saruf-Ratul HR-Payroll-Management-System e7cd81477001afdee95b843fd4137894d9418c9f/3fd6f45ead9f8197510c0910f759e06ee67251e5. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file chat.php. Executing a manipulation of the argument ID can lead to cross site scripting. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been published and may be used. This product takes the approach of rolling releases to provide continious delivery. Therefore, version details for affected and updated releases are not available. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- Saruf-Ratul / HR-Payroll-Management-System: 3fd6f45ead9f8197510c0910f759e06ee67251e5 (affected); e7cd81477001afdee95b843fd4137894d9418c9f (affected). Source: CNA: VulDB

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 4.0: 5.1 (medium); CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P; source: CNA: VulDB

- CVSS 3.1: 3.5 (low); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:C; source: CNA: VulDB

- CVSS 3.0: 3.5 (low); CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:C; source: CNA: VulDB

- CVSS 2.0: 4 (medium); AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:C; source: CNA: VulDB

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 0.20% as of 2026-11-13; percentile 9.76%

- SSVC: exploitation poc; automatable no; technical impact partial; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-79, CWE-94

## Exploit evidence

- exploit: https://github.com/Saruf-Ratul/HR-Payroll-Management-System/issues/1 (CNA: VulDB)

## References

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/426581 (CNA: VulDB; vdb-entry, technical-description)

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/426581/cti (CNA: VulDB; signature, permissions-required)

- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-116640 (CNA: VulDB; third-party-advisory)

- https://vuldb.com/submit/1024502 (CNA: VulDB; third-party-advisory)

- https://github.com/Saruf-Ratul/HR-Payroll-Management-System/issues/1 (CNA: VulDB; exploit, issue-tracking)

- https://github.com/Saruf-Ratul/HR-Payroll-Management-System/ (CNA: VulDB; product)

## Provenance

- CNA: VulDB: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116640; retrieved 2026-11-14; source updated 2026-11-14

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-116640; retrieved 2026-11-14; source updated Not reported

Revision: 33940c0ecc31f87e8d2bc0eff728039debe655fde3007e9666f8afa2c1fb1939

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