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TI-2025-40764 Aliases CVE-2025-66290

OrangeHRM is Vulnerable to Improper Authorization Allowing Unauthorized Access to Candidate Attachments

Priority LOW 29CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Information disclosure, Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200 and CWE-285.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00206 10th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed orangehrm (orangehrm): 5.8

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
orangehrmorangehrm5.0 to before 5.85.8Patch availableCNA
  • orangehrm Vendororangehrm Affected 5.0 to before 5.8 Fixed in 5.8 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:orangehrm:orangehrm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0 to before 5.8Vulnerableorangehrm
  • cpe:2.3:a:orangehrm:orangehrm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 to before 5.8 Vulnerable ·orangehrm

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA orangehrm (orangehrm) Fixed in 5.8

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-66290

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2024-24213 OrangeHRM 3.3.3 allows admin/viewProjects sortOrder SQL injection. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2025-40763 OrangeHRM is Vulnerable to Persistent Session Access Due to Missing Invalidation After User Disable and Password Change CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2019-09618 In OrangeHRM 4.3.1 and before, there is an input validation error within… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2007-01160 Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Login page in OrangeHRM before 20070212 have… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2025-40726 OrangeHRM is Vulnerable to Code Execution Through Arbitrary File Write from Sendmail Parameter Injection CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.0
  • TI-2020-17674 SQL injection in the Buzz module of OrangeHRM through 4.6 allows remote authenticated… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
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Sources

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