OrangeHRM up to 5.7 Recruitment improper authorization

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in OrangeHRM up to 5.7. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Recruitment Module. The manipulation results in improper authorization. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-66290. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in OrangeHRM up to 5.7. Affected is an unknown functionality of the component Recruitment Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

OrangeHRM is a comprehensive human resource management (HRM) system. From version 5.0 to 5.7, the application’s recruitment attachment retrieval endpoint does not enforce the required authorization checks before serving candidate files. Even users restricted to ESS-level access, who have no permission to view the Recruitment module, can directly access candidate attachment URLs. When an authenticated request is made to the attachment endpoint, the system validates the session but does not confirm that the requesting user has the necessary recruitment permissions. As a result, any authenticated user can download CVs and other uploaded documents for arbitrary candidates by issuing direct requests to the attachment endpoint, leading to unauthorized exposure of sensitive applicant data. This issue has been patched in version 5.8.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-66290 since 11/27/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1548.002.

Upgrading to version 5.8 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-199904). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• OrangeHRM

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• 5.0
• 5.1
• 5.2
• 5.3
• 5.4
• 5.5
• 5.6
• 5.7

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• Product: https://github.com/orangehrm/orangehrm/

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