FKIE_CVE-2025-59832

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-09-25 15:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 09:46
Severity
9.9 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
Summary
Horilla is a free and open source Human Resource Management System (HRMS). Prior to version 1.4.0, there is a stored XSS vulnerability in the ticket comment editor. A low-privilege authenticated user could run arbitrary JavaScript in an admin’s browser, exfiltrate the admin’s cookies/CSRF token, and hijack their session. This issue has been patched in version 1.4.0.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/Mmo-kali/CVE/blob/main/CVE-2025-59832/2025-08-Horilla_Vulnerability_1.pdfExploit, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/security/advisories/GHSA-8x78-6q9g-hv2hExploit, Vendor Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/security/advisories/GHSA-8x78-6q9g-hv2hExploit, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
horilla horilla *
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