What is CVE-2025-48867?

CVE-2025-48867 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Horilla, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2025-09-24.

How severe is CVE-2025-48867?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-48867 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Horilla

CVE-2025-48867

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 m…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.002 (13.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Horilla — versions 1.3
Horilla-opensource Horilla — versions = 1.3.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-48867?: CVE-2025-48867 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Horilla, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2025-09-24.
How severe is CVE-2025-48867?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-48867 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.