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 upload endpoint allows any authenticated user to overwrite or replace or corrupt another employee’s document by changing the document ID in the upload request. This enables unauthorized modification of HR 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 upload endpoint allows any authenticated user to overwrite or replace or corrupt another employee’s document by changing the document ID in the upload request. This enables unauthorized modification of HR records.
Title Horilla: Unauthorized Document Overwrite via File Upload Endpoint
Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-639
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Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-21T19:29:21.663Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-40866

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-21T19:29:12.985Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-21T19:16:18.170

Modified: 2026-04-21T20:17:00.093

Link: CVE-2026-40866

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