CVE-2025-59832

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.

References

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-09-25

Updated: 2025-09-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.7

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.9

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00046