What is CVE-2026-24037?

CVE-2026-24037 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Horilla-opensource Horilla, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2026-01-22.

How severe is CVE-2026-24037?

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

XSS in Horilla-opensource Horilla

CVE-2026-24037

Horilla is a free and open source Human Resource Management System (HRMS). In version 1.4.0, the has_xss() function attempts to block XSS by matching input against a set of regex patterns. However, the regexes are incomplete and context-ag…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.000 (5.1th 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-opensource Horilla — versions >= 1.4.0, < 1.5.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

https://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/security/advisories/GHSA-rqw5-fjm4-rgvm (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
https://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/releases/tag/1.5.0 (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-24037?: CVE-2026-24037 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Horilla-opensource Horilla, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2026-01-22.
How severe is CVE-2026-24037?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.