Horilla is a free and open source Human Resource Management System (HRMS). In 1.5.0, an insecure direct object reference in the employee document viewer allows any authenticated user to access other employees’ uploaded documents by changing the document ID in the request. This exposes sensitive HR files such as identity documents, contracts, certificates, and other private employee records.

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Description Horilla is a free and open source Human Resource Management System (HRMS). In 1.5.0, an insecure direct object reference in the employee document viewer allows any authenticated user to access other employees’ uploaded documents by changing the document ID in the request. This exposes sensitive HR files such as identity documents, contracts, certificates, and other private employee records.
Title Horilla: Insecure Direct Object Reference at `/employee/view-file/<int:id>
Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-639
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Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-21T18:45:50.143Z

Reserved: 2026-04-15T15:57:41.718Z

Link: CVE-2026-40865

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-21T18:45:35.731Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-21T19:16:18.017

Modified: 2026-04-21T19:16:18.017

Link: CVE-2026-40865

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