CVE-2025-59832

CRITICAL

9.9

Description

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.9

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published9/25/2025

Last Modified9/29/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

horilla:horilla

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

References

https://github.com/Mmo-kali/CVE/blob/main/CVE-2025-59832/2025-08-Horilla_Vulnerability_1.pdf(security-advisories@github.com)

https://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/security/advisories/GHSA-8x78-6q9g-hv2h(security-advisories@github.com)

https://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/security/advisories/GHSA-8x78-6q9g-hv2h(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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