Vulnerability · Published Sep 24, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2025-48869Horilla Unauthorized Access to Candidate Resume Files Due to Broken Access Control

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity improper access control in horilla from horilla-opensource. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 38% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 62.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
horilla-opensource	horilla	= 1.3.0

Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

https://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/security/advisories/GHSA-99h5-x29f-727w x_refsource_CONFIRM