CVE-2025-59832

CriticalCVSS 9.9/10Last modified Oct 19, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.9/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
horilla-opensource	horilla	< 1.4.0

References

https://github.com/Mmo-kali/CVE/blob/main/CVE-2025-59832/2025-08-Horilla_Vulnerability_1.pdfExploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/security/advisories/GHSA-8x78-6q9g-hv2hExploit, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/security/advisories/GHSA-8x78-6q9g-hv2hExploit, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Sep 25, 2025
Last modified: Oct 19, 2026
NVD status: Analyzed

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