Horilla is a free and open source Human Resource Management System (HRMS). A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Horilla HRM 1.3.0 allows authenticated admin or privileged users to inject malicious JavaScript payloads into multiple fields in the Project and Task modules. These payloads persist in the database and are executed when viewed by an admin or other privileged users through the web interface. Although the issue is not exploitable by unauthenticated users, it still poses a high risk of session hijacking and unauthorized action within high-privilege accounts. At time of publication there is no known patch.
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Thu, 25 Sep 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Horilla
Horilla horilla
Vendors & Products Horilla
Horilla horilla

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 18:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:30:00 +0000

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Description Horilla is a free and open source Human Resource Management System (HRMS). A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Horilla HRM 1.3.0 allows authenticated admin or privileged users to inject malicious JavaScript payloads into multiple fields in the Project and Task modules. These payloads persist in the database and are executed when viewed by an admin or other privileged users through the web interface. Although the issue is not exploitable by unauthenticated users, it still poses a high risk of session hijacking and unauthorized action within high-privilege accounts. At time of publication there is no known patch.
Title Horilla Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in Project and Task Modules
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-09-24T17:36:10.261Z

Reserved: 2025-05-27T20:14:34.294Z

Link: CVE-2025-48867

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-09-24T17:35:30.290Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-09-24T18:15:37.510

Modified: 2025-09-24T18:15:37.510

Link: CVE-2025-48867

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-09-25T08:21:05Z