What is CVE-2025-59832?

CVE-2025-59832 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Horilla-opensource Horilla, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 9.9/10. Published 2025-09-25.

How severe is CVE-2025-59832?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.9 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-59832 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Horilla-opensource Horilla

CVE-2025-59832

Horilla is a free and open source Human Resource Management System (HRMS). Prior to version 1.4.0, there is a stored XSS vulnerability in the ticket comment editor. A low-privilege authenticated user could run arbitrary JavaScript in an ad…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.001 (27.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.9 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L.

Affected products

Horilla-opensource Horilla — versions < 1.4.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

https://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/security/advisories/GHSA-8x78-6q9g-hv2h (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
https://github.com/Mmo-kali/CVE/blob/main/CVE-2025-59832/2025-08-Horilla_Vulnerability_1.pdf (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-59832?: CVE-2025-59832 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Horilla-opensource Horilla, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 9.9/10. Published 2025-09-25.
How severe is CVE-2025-59832?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-59832 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.