{"id":"CVE-2025-48868","title":"Horilla is a free and open source Human Resource Management System (HRMS)","summary":"Horilla is a free and open source Human Resource Management System (HRMS). An authenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability exists in Horilla 1.3.0 due to the unsafe use of Python’s eval() function on a user-controlled query pa…","severity":"high","cvss":7.2,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-95"],"vendor":"horilla","product":"horilla","affected":["horilla = 1.3"],"published":"2025-09-24","updated":"2026-09-26","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-26T00:10:00.127","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48868","references":[{"url":"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XQAJilt77QxkjGEa94CsZRqZIZXa3ET9/view?usp=sharing","label":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hnI9AK3fnpVrTlTRF7aRJsKhZCDIm2Ve/view?usp=sharing","label":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/commit/b0aab62b3a5fe6b7114b5c58db129b3744b4d8cc","label":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/security/advisories/GHSA-h6qj-pwmx-wjhw","label":"security-advisories@github.com"}],"tags":["nvd","exploit-available"],"epss":0.02473,"epssPercentile":0.8386,"exploits":{"exploitdb":true,"checkedAt":"2026-09-26T00:23:14.508Z"},"exploitAvailable":true,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-26T00:22:39.952Z","slug":"CVE-2025-48868","body":"## Overview\n\nHorilla is a free and open source Human Resource Management System (HRMS). An authenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability exists in Horilla 1.3.0 due to the unsafe use of Python’s eval() function on a user-controlled query parameter in the project_bulk_archive view. This allows privileged users (e.g., administrators) to execute arbitrary system commands on the server. While having Django’s DEBUG=True makes exploitation visibly easier by returning command output in the HTTP response, this is not required. The vulnerability can still be exploited in DEBUG=False mode by using blind payloads such as a reverse shell, leading to full remote code execution. This issue has been patched in version 1.3.1.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `horilla = 1.3`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":52,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":39.6,"likelihood":0.5,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}