FKIE_CVE-2025-48868

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-09-24 14:15 - Updated: 2025-09-29 14:06
Severity ?
7.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Horilla is a free and open source Human Resource Management System (HRMS). An authenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability exists in Horilla 1.3.0 due to the unsafe use of Python’s eval() function on a user-controlled query parameter in the project_bulk_archive view. This allows privileged users (e.g., administrators) to execute arbitrary system commands on the server. While having Django’s DEBUG=True makes exploitation visibly easier by returning command output in the HTTP response, this is not required. The vulnerability can still be exploited in DEBUG=False mode by using blind payloads such as a reverse shell, leading to full remote code execution. This issue has been patched in version 1.3.1.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1XQAJilt77QxkjGEa94CsZRqZIZXa3ET9/view?usp=sharingExploit
security-advisories@github.comhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1hnI9AK3fnpVrTlTRF7aRJsKhZCDIm2Ve/view?usp=sharingExploit
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/commit/b0aab62b3a5fe6b7114b5c58db129b3744b4d8ccPatch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/security/advisories/GHSA-h6qj-pwmx-wjhwExploit, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
horilla horilla 1.3
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