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high 7.5

CVE-2025-48869 json

Horilla Unauthorized Access to Candidate Resume Files Due to Broken Access Control

published last yr. modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2025-31031

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 37%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/security/advisories/GHSA-99h5-x29f-727w referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • horilla-opensource horilla

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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