CVE-2025-59525: Horilla

Medium severity, CVSS 6.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Horilla is a free and open source Human Resource Management System (HRMS). Prior to version 1.4.0, improper sanitization across the application allows XSS via uploaded SVG (and via allowed <embed>), which can be chained to execute JavaScript whenever users view impacted content (e.g., announcements). This can result in admin account takeover. This issue has been patched in version 1.4.0.

Affected products

• Horilla Horilla: before 1.4.0 (fixed in 1.4.0)

Published 2025-09-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.