# CVE-2025-48869: Horilla Unauthorized Access to Candidate Resume Files Due to Broken Access Control

> Unauthenticated attackers can access sensitive candidate resume files by guessing URLs in the Horilla HRMS system.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 24 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-99h5-x29f-727w

## What is CVE-2025-48869?

CVE-2025-48869 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in horilla-opensource horilla, published on 24 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Horilla is a free and open source Human Resource Management System (HRMS). Unauthenticated users can access uploaded resume files in Horilla 1.3.0 by directly guessing or predicting file URLs. These files are stored in a publicly accessible directory, allowing attackers to retrieve sensitive candidate information without authentication. At time of publication there is no known patch.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-48869?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Horilla Horilla.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-48869?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-48869 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-48869 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-48869 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in horilla-opensource horilla

- [CVE-2025-59832](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59832/): Horrila Stored XSS Vulnerability via Ticket Comment section (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-24010](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-24010/): Horilla has HTML Injection Issue that, with Phishing, Leads to Account Takeover (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-24038](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-24038/): Horilla HR has 2FA Bypass through its OTP Handling Logic (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2025-59524](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59524/): Horilla Stored XSS Vulnerability via File Upload in Reimbursement Panel (high 7.7)
- [CVE-2025-59525](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59525/): Horilla has Improper Input Sanitization Leading to XSS and Admin Account Takeover (high 7.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-48869 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-48869 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in horilla-opensource horilla, published on 24 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-48869 exists.

Affected product: horilla-opensource horilla. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48869/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48869/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-48869
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48869
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-48869

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48869/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.