Privileged session hijacking via stored field XSS
Published Sep 24, 2025 · Updated Sep 24, 2025
Stored XSS in Horilla HRMS 1.3.0 allows remote authenticated users to run JavaScript in privileged users' browsers through project or task fields. Project and Task module fields are stored in the database and rendered directly into the DOM without sanitization or output escaping. Admin or privileged access is required to plant a payload, and execution occurs when another privileged user opens an affected view, enabling session theft or unauthorized actions in that user's account.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in Horilla HRMS 1.3.0 allows remote authenticated users to run JavaScript in privileged users' browsers through project or task fields. Project and Task module fields are stored in the database and rendered directly into the DOM without sanitization or output escaping. Admin or privileged access is required to plant a payload, and execution occurs when another privileged user opens an affected view, enabling session theft or unauthorized actions in that user's account.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-48867
- Published
- Sep 24, 2025
- Updated
- Sep 24, 2025
- Vendor
- Cybrosys Technologies
- Product
- Horilla HRMS
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 24, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 24, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion== 1.3.0
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Attacks
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Public exploit references
- GHSA-w242-xv47-j55r authenticated stored-XSS proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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