SQL injection in Frappe HRMS Salary Payments via ECS report
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- SQL injection
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-89.
Summary
Frappe HRMS before 15.60.3 and from 16.0.0 before 16.7.1 is affected. The Salary Payments via ECS report builds its query conditions by interpolating filter values into SQL strings without neutralizing them (CWE-89). An authenticated HR user can inject SQL through the report filter values and access sensitive database records.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
Frappe HR is an open-source human resources management solution (HRMS). Prior to 15.60.3 and 16.7.1, the Salary Payments via ECS report constructs report conditions with unsafe SQL string interpolation. An authenticated HR user supplies crafted Salary Payments via ECS report filter values. The affected Salary Payments via ECS report allows the user to inject SQL through report filter values. Successful exploitation can access sensitive database records. This issue is fixed in versions 15.60.3 and 16.7.1.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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
Remediation
Upgrade Frappe HRMS to 15.60.3 or 16.7.1, the fixed versions.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
- Fix · CNA hrms (frappe) Fixed in 15.60.3, 16.7.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-18 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-55796
- 2026-10-18 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-21 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 5
- https://github.com/frappe/hrms/security/advisories/GHSA-c32r-q985-64xr
- https://github.com/frappe/hrms/commit/d823d20c49493c2959e809d41c862c037c8109e6
- https://github.com/frappe/hrms/commit/e9eef45425072b4e3cefea71683d515d63906d66
- https://github.com/frappe/hrms/releases/tag/v15.60.3
- https://github.com/frappe/hrms/releases/tag/v16.7.1
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Sources
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