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CVE-2025-59832

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Description

Horilla is a free and open source Human Resource Management System (HRMS). Prior to version 1.4.0, there is a stored XSS vulnerability in the ticket comment editor. A low-privilege authenticated user could run arbitrary JavaScript in an admin’s browser, exfiltrate the admin’s cookies/CSRF token, and hijack their session. This issue has been patched in version 1.4.0.

Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
9.9 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2025-09-25 15:16:14.100000
Last modified
2026-10-19 16:10:00.260000
View original CVE JSON
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  "published": "2025-09-25T15:16:14.100",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T16:10:00.260",
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    },
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