CVE-2025-59525
Horilla has Improper Input Sanitization Leading to XSS and Admin Account Takeover
Summary
Horilla has Improper Input Sanitization Leading to XSS and Admin Account Takeover
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Horilla is a free and open source Human Resource Management System (HRMS). Prior to version 1.4.0, improper sanitization across the application allows XSS via uploaded SVG (and via allowed ), which can be chained to execute JavaScript whenever users view impacted content (e.g., announcements). This can result in admin account takeover. This issue has been patched in version 1.4.0.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com
- web github.com