CVE-2026-40865

HIGH

Horilla: Insecure Direct Object Reference at `/employee/view-file/<int:id>

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

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 viewer allows any authenticated user to access other employees’ uploaded documents by changing the document ID in the request. This exposes sensitive HR files such as identity documents, contracts, certificates, and other private employee records.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v4 7.1
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 3.6%
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-284 CWE-639
Status published
Products (1)
horilla-opensource/horilla 1.5.0
Published Apr 21, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 22, 2026