Vulnerability · Published Jan 22, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-24035Horilla has Improper Access Control Issue that Allows Unauthorized Document Upload on Behalf of Another Employee

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-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 0.3% (higher than 24% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 75.5% 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). An Improper Access Control vulnerability exists in Horilla HR Software starting in version 1.4.0 and prior to version 1.5.0, allowing any authenticated employee to upload documents on behalf of another employee without proper authorization. This occurs due to insufficient server-side validation of the employee_id parameter during file upload operations, allowing any authenticated employee to upload document in behalf of any employee. Version 1.5.0 fixes the issue.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
horilla-opensource	horilla	>= 1.4.0, < 1.5.0

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

References

https://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/security/advisories/GHSA-fm3f-xpgx-8xr3 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i00-NnipvxH8bGY-SyqEjnDQfxIbVGRR/view?usp=sharing x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/releases/tag/1.5.0 x_refsource_MISC