RCE in Horilla-opensource Horilla
CVE-2025-48868
Horilla is a free and open source Human Resource Management System (HRMS). An authenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability exists in Horilla 1.3.0 due to the unsafe use of Python’s eval() function on a user-controlled query para…
EPSS: 0.047 (89.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Horilla-opensource Horilla — versions = 1.3.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- https://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/security/advisories/GHSA-h6qj-pwmx-wjhw (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- https://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/commit/b0aab62b3a5fe6b7114b5c58db129b3744b4d8cc (x_refsource_MISC)
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XQAJilt77QxkjGEa94CsZRqZIZXa3ET9/view?usp=sharing (x_refsource_MISC)
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hnI9AK3fnpVrTlTRF7aRJsKhZCDIm2Ve/view?usp=sharing (x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-48868?
- CVE-2025-48868 is a high-severity vulnerability in Horilla-opensource Horilla, classified under Eval Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2025-09-24.
- How severe is CVE-2025-48868?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2025-48868 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.