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CVE-2025-48869

Horilla Unauthorized Access to Candidate Resume Files Due to Broken Access Control

Published: Sep 24, 2025Updated: Sep 29, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-284
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 67.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Horilla is a free and open source Human Resource Management System (HRMS). Unauthenticated users can access uploaded resume files in Horilla 1.3.0 by directly guessing or predicting file URLs. These files are stored in a publicly accessible directory, allowing attackers to retrieve sensitive candidate information without authentication. At time of publication there is no known patch.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-284

Affected Products

horillahorilla-opensource
On-prem
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
horillahorilla
On-prem
Enterprise Software / hr-finance
horilla-opensourceoss-projectWeb & CMS Pluginsaka horilla
horillacommercialEnterprise Softwareaka horilla-hr

Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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Official Patch Available

References

https://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/security/advisories/GHSA-99h5-x29f-727w
github.com

Timeline

Published
Sep 24, 2025
Last Updated
Sep 29, 2025

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