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TI-2026-19368 Aliases CVE-2026-24039

Horilla's Improper Access Control Allows Employees to Auto-Approve Documents

Priority MEDIUM 53CWE-284Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-284.

Summary

Horilla is a free and open source Human Resource Management System (HRMS). Version 1.4.0 has Improper Access Control, allowing low-privileged employees to self-approve documents they have uploaded. The document-approval UI is intended to be restricted to administrator or high-privilege roles only; however, an insufficient server-side authorization check on the approval endpoint lets a standard employee modify the approval status of their own uploaded document. A successful exploitation allows users with only employee-level permissions to alter application state reserved for administrators. This undermines the integrity of HR processes (for example, acceptance of credentials, certifications, or supporting materials), and may enable submission of unvetted documents. This issue is fixed in version 1.5.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00267 18th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed horilla (horilla-opensource): 1.5.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
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
horilla-opensourcehorilla1.4.0 to before 1.5.01.5.0Patch availableCNA
  • horilla Vendorhorilla-opensource Affected 1.4.0 to before 1.5.0 Fixed in 1.5.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:horilla:horilla:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.0Vulnerablehorilla-opensource
  • cpe:2.3:a:horilla:horilla:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.0 Vulnerable ·horilla-opensource

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA horilla (horilla-opensource) Fixed in 1.5.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-24039

References

Exploit 1

Other 1

  • TI-2025-37271 Horrila Stored XSS Vulnerability via Ticket Comment section CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2025-31025 Horilla Unauthorized Access to Candidate Resume Files Due to Broken Access Control CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-19348 Horilla has HTML Injection Issue that, with Phishing, Leads to Account Takeover CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
  • TI-2025-37055 Horilla Stored XSS Vulnerability via File Upload in Reimbursement Panel CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.7
  • TI-2025-31024 Horilla vulnerable to authenticated RCE via eval() in project_bulk_archive CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2026-19365 Horilla Exposes Unpublished Job Disclosures through Unauthenticated API CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
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Sources

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