# CVE-2026-24035: Horilla has Improper Access Control Issue that Allows Unauthorized Document Upload on Behalf of Another Employee

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.5.0
- Published: 2026-01-22 · Updated: 2026-01-22

## Affected

- horilla-opensource horilla: from 1.4.0, fixed in 1.5.0

## Description

Horilla is a free and open source Human Resource Management System (HRMS). An Improper Access Control vulnerability exists in Horilla HR Software starting in version 1.4.0 and prior to version 1.5.0, allowing any authenticated employee to upload documents on behalf of another employee without proper authorization. This occurs due to insufficient server-side validation of the employee_id parameter during file upload operations, allowing any authenticated employee to upload document in behalf of any employee. Version 1.5.0 fixes the issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on horilla-opensource horilla, upgrade to a fixed version (1.5.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/security/advisories/GHSA-fm3f-xpgx-8xr3
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i00-NnipvxH8bGY-SyqEjnDQfxIbVGRR/view?usp=sharing
- https://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/releases/tag/1.5.0

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