Vulnerability · Published Nov 29, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2025-66290OrangeHRM is Vulnerable to Improper Authorization Allowing Unauthorized Access to Candidate Attachments
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity information exposure in orangehrm from orangehrm. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 11% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
OrangeHRM is a comprehensive human resource management (HRM) system. From version 5.0 to 5.7, the application’s recruitment attachment retrieval endpoint does not enforce the required authorization checks before serving candidate files. Even users restricted to ESS-level access, who have no permission to view the Recruitment module, can directly access candidate attachment URLs. When an authenticated request is made to the attachment endpoint, the system validates the session but does not confirm that the requesting user has the necessary recruitment permissions. As a result, any authenticated user can download CVs and other uploaded documents for arbitrary candidates by issuing direct requests to the attachment endpoint, leading to unauthorized exposure of sensitive applicant data. This issue has been patched in version 5.8.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-285, CWE-200 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References
- https://github.com/orangehrm/orangehrm/security/advisories/GHSA-qf8r-c54j-jw88 x_refsource_CONFIRM