CVE-2025-66290 OrangeHRM is Vulnerable to Improper Authorization Allowing Unauthorized Access to Candidate Attachments
Authenticated users can bypass recruitment permissions to download sensitive candidate attachments, exposing personal data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-66290?
CVE-2025-66290 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in orangehrm, published on 29 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
OrangeHRM is a comprehensive human resource management (HRM) system. From version 5.0 to 5.7, the application’s recruitment attachment retrieval endpoint does not enforce the required authorization checks before serving candidate files. Even users restricted to ESS-level access, who have no permission to view the Recruitment module, can directly access candidate attachment URLs. When an authenticated request is made to the attachment endpoint, the system validates the session but does not confirm that the requesting user has the necessary recruitment permissions. As a result, any authenticated user can download CVs and other uploaded documents for arbitrary candidates by issuing direct requests to the attachment endpoint, leading to unauthorized exposure of sensitive applicant data. This issue has been patched in version 5.8.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-66290?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Orangehrm Orangehrm.
How do I fix CVE-2025-66290?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-66290 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-66290 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-66290 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in orangehrm
- CVE-2007-1193 Other in n/a
- CVE-2025-66224 OrangeHRM is Vulnerable to Code Execution Through Arbitrary File Write from Sendmail Parameter Injection
- CVE-2019-12839 Command injection in n/a
- CVE-2025-66225 OrangeHRM is Vulnerable to Account Takeover Through Unvalidated Username in Password Reset Workflow
- CVE-2025-66289 OrangeHRM is Vulnerable to Persistent Session Access Due to Missing Invalidation After User Disable and Password Change
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qf8r-c54j-jw88.