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CVE-2025-59832

Horrila Stored XSS Vulnerability via Ticket Comment section

Published: Sep 25, 2025Updated: Sep 29, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-79
NVD MITRE
9.9CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 69.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:CC:HI:HA:L
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected Products

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

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Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

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

Timeline

Published
Sep 25, 2025
Last Updated
Sep 29, 2025

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