# CVE-2025-59832: Horrila Stored XSS Vulnerability via Ticket Comment section

> A stored XSS vulnerability in Horilla HRMS allows low-privilege users to execute JavaScript in admin browsers, leading to session hijacking and cookie theft.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 25 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8x78-6q9g-hv2h

## What is CVE-2025-59832?

CVE-2025-59832 is a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability in horilla-opensource horilla, published on 25 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Horilla is a free and open source Human Resource Management System (HRMS). Prior to version 1.4.0, there is a stored XSS vulnerability in the ticket comment editor. A low-privilege authenticated user could run arbitrary JavaScript in an admin’s browser, exfiltrate the admin’s cookies/CSRF token, and hijack their session. This issue has been patched in version 1.4.0.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-59832?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Horilla Horilla.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-59832?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-59832 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-59832 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-59832 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in horilla-opensource horilla

- [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)
- [CVE-2025-48869](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48869/): Horilla Unauthorized Access to Candidate Resume Files Due to Broken Access Control (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-59832 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-59832 is a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability in horilla-opensource horilla, published on 25 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-59832 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-2025-59832/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59832/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-59832
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59832
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-59832

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59832/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.