CVE-2025-48869 (GCVE-0-2025-48869)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-09-24 17:17
Modified
2025-09-24 17:26
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Summary
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.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/security/advisories/GHSA-99h5-x29f-727wExploit, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
horilla-opensource horilla Version: = 1.3.0
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