horilla 1.3.0 Task cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in horilla 1.3.0. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Task Module. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-48867. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in horilla 1.3.0. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Task Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Horilla is a free and open source Human Resource Management System (HRMS). A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Horilla HRM 1.3.0 allows authenticated admin or privileged users to inject malicious JavaScript payloads into multiple fields in the Project and Task modules. These payloads persist in the database and are executed when viewed by an admin or other privileged users through the web interface. Although the issue is not exploitable by unauthenticated users, it still poses a high risk of session hijacking and unauthorized action within high-privilege accounts. At time of publication there is no known patch.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-48867 since 05/27/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• horilla

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• 1.3.0

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