CVE-2025-59832 | Horilla is a free and open source Human Resource Management … | CVSS 9.9 CRITICAL

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.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2025-59832
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 2025-09-22 14:34 UTC
Published: 2025-09-25 14:45 UTC
Last updated: 2025-09-25 15:48 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-79
CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Gen…
Vendor / Product: horilla-opensource / horilla
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.9 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1

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

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Exploitation: PoC
Automatable: no
Tech. Impact: total

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
horilla-opensource	horilla	—	< 1.4.0

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-79	cna	CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
9.9	CRITICAL	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

References (2)

https://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/security/advisories/GHSA-8x78-6q9g-hv2h https://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/security/advisories/GHSA-8x78-6q9g-hv2h
https://github.com/Mmo-kali/CVE/blob/main/CVE-2025-59832/2025-08-Horilla_Vulnerability_1.pdf https://github.com/Mmo-kali/CVE/blob/main/CVE-2025-59832/2025-08-Horilla_Vulnerability_1.pdf