CVE-2025-48868
Horilla vulnerable to authenticated RCE via eval() in project_bulk_archive
- Published
- Sep 24, 2025
- Updated
- Sep 24, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Evidence observed
- Apr 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 83.7%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
Horilla is a free and open source Human Resource Management System (HRMS). An authenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability exists in Horilla 1.3.0 due to the unsafe use of Python’s eval() function on a user-controlled query parameter in the project_bulk_archive view. This allows privileged users (e.g., administrators) to execute arbitrary system commands on the server. While having Django’s DEBUG=True makes exploitation visibly easier by returning command output in the HTTP response, this is not required. The vulnerability can still be exploited in DEBUG=False mode by using blind payloads such as a reverse shell, leading to full remote code execution. This issue has been patched in version 1.3.1.
Sources
1- Horilla v1.3 - RCEExploit
nakleh · multiple · Apr 8, 2026
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