# CVE-2026-54524: Frappe HR: SQL Injection in HRMS Salary Payments Based on Payment Mode Report

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: 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: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 16.7.0
- Published: 2026-09-17 · Updated: 2026-09-17

## Affected

- frappe hrms: fixed in 16.7.0

## Description

Frappe HR is an open-source human resources management solution (HRMS). Prior to 16.7.0, an authenticated user with the HR User role can inject SQL through filters in the Salary Payments Based on Payment Mode report. In hrms/payroll/report/salary_payments_based_on_payment_mode/salary_payments_based_on_payment_mode.py, get_conditions constructs filter clauses from user-controlled values and get_data incorporates those clauses into a string-formatted SQL query, allowing extraction of arbitrary database data. This issue is fixed in 16.7.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on frappe hrms, upgrade to a fixed version (16.7.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/frappe/hrms/security/advisories/GHSA-2gv7-x4h2-3737
- https://github.com/frappe/hrms/pull/4515
- https://github.com/frappe/hrms/commit/b16148531954531a448dafdff20dc61882430ee9
- https://github.com/frappe/hrms/releases/tag/v16.7.0

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