What is CVE-2026-24034?

CVE-2026-24034 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Horilla, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2026-01-22.

How severe is CVE-2026-24034?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Arbitrary file upload in Horilla

CVE-2026-24034

Horilla is a free and open source Human Resource Management System (HRMS). In versions prior to 1.5.0, a cross-site scripting vulnerability can be triggered because the extension and content-type are not checked during the profile photo update step. Version 1.5.0 fixes the issue.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

Published 2026-01-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (15.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 15th percentile — 15.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.002 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Horilla
Horilla-Opensource Horilla — versions < 1.5.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/security/advisories/GHSA-mvwg-7c8w-qw2p (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/releases/tag/1.5.0 (Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-24034?: CVE-2026-24034 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Horilla, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2026-01-22.
How severe is CVE-2026-24034?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.