Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-48867

Horilla is a free and open source Human Resource Management System (HRMS).

Published Sep 24, 2025 · catalog updated Sep 24, 2025 · Horilla is a free

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-48867. EPSS is 0.24%. Act only if a listed version of Horilla is a free is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (Horilla is a free).
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium4.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.24%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
vendor horilla-opensource horilla = 1.3.0

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 p

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  • vendor horilla-opensource horilla = 1.3.0= 1.3.0

How to fix CVE-2025-48867

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-48867. EPSS is 0.24%. Act only if a listed version of Horilla is a free is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with horilla-opensource horilla = 1.3.0 = 1.3.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.24%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Sep 24, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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

  2. Sep 24, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    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

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-48867

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-48867

    30-day exploitation probability 0.24%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-31024

    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 mo

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 23, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.