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CVE-2025-59524 Detail

Description

Horilla is a free and open source Human Resource Management System (HRMS). Prior to version 1.4.0, the file upload flow performs validation only in the browser and does not enforce server-side checks. An attacker can bypass the client-side validation (for example, with an intercepting proxy or by submitting a crafted request) to store an executable HTML document on the server. When an administrator or other privileged user views the uploaded file, the embedded script runs in their context and sends session cookies (or other credentials) to an attacker-controlled endpoint. The attacker then reuses those credentials to impersonate the admin. This issue has been patched in version 1.4.0.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
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Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  GitHub, Inc.
CVSS-B 7.7 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/Mmo-kali/CVE/blob/main/CVE-2025-59524/2025-08-Horilla_Vulnerability_3.pdf GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/releases/tag/1.4.0 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/security/advisories/GHSA-mff9-p8j9-9v5q GitHub, Inc.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') GitHub, Inc.  
CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type GitHub, Inc.  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-59524
NVD Published Date:
09/24/2025
NVD Last Modified:
09/26/2025
Source:
GitHub, Inc.