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CVE-2026-24035

Horilla has Improper Access Control Issue that Allows Unauthorized Document Upload on Behalf of Another Employee

Published: Jan 22, 2026Updated: Jan 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-284
NVD MITRE
4.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 79.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Horilla is a free and open source Human Resource Management System (HRMS). An Improper Access Control vulnerability exists in Horilla HR Software starting in version 1.4.0 and prior to version 1.5.0, allowing any authenticated employee to upload documents on behalf of another employee without proper authorization. This occurs due to insufficient server-side validation of the employee_id parameter during file upload operations, allowing any authenticated employee to upload document in behalf of any employee. Version 1.5.0 fixes the issue.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:LIntegrity
Low
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

2 exploit sources identified

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Official Patch Available

References

https://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/security/advisories/GHSA-fm3f-xpgx-8xr3
github.com
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i00-NnipvxH8bGY-SyqEjnDQfxIbVGRR/view?usp=sharing
drive.google.com
https://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/releases/tag/1.5.0
github.com

Timeline

Published
Jan 22, 2026
Last Updated
Jan 29, 2026

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