CVE-2025-59525

high

Description

Horilla is a free and open source Human Resource Management System (HRMS). Prior to version 1.4.0, improper sanitization across the application allows XSS via uploaded SVG (and via allowed <embed>), which can be chained to execute JavaScript whenever users view impacted content (e.g., announcements). This can result in admin account takeover. This issue has been patched in version 1.4.0.

References

https://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/security/advisories/GHSA-rp5m-vpqr-vpvp

https://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/releases/tag/1.4.0

https://github.com/Mmo-kali/CVE/blob/main/CVE-2025-59525/2025-08-Horilla_Vulnerability_2.pdf

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-09-24

Updated: 2025-09-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00045