CVE-2025-66291 OrangeHRM is Vulnerable to Improper Authorization Allowing Unauthorized Access to Interview Attachments
Unauthorized users can access confidential interview attachments in OrangeHRM due to missing authorization checks on file retrieval endpoints.
- 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-2025-66291?
CVE-2025-66291 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 interview attachment retrieval endpoint in the Recruitment module serves files based solely on an authenticated session and user-supplied identifiers, without verifying whether the requester has permission to access the associated interview record. Because the server does not perform any recruitment-level authorization checks, an ESS-level user with no access to recruitment workflows can directly request interview attachment URLs and receive the corresponding files. This exposes confidential interview documents—including candidate CVs, evaluations, and supporting files—to unauthorized users. The issue arises from relying on predictable object identifiers and session presence rather than validating the user’s association with the relevant recruitment process. This issue has been patched in version 5.8.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-66291?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Orangehrm Orangehrm.
How do I fix CVE-2025-66291?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-66291 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-2025-66291 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-66291 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-v32g-r8xx-4g6g.