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.
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Description | 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. | |
Title | Horilla vulnerable to authenticated RCE via eval() in project_bulk_archive | |
Weaknesses | CWE-95 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2025-09-24T18:45:55.219Z
Reserved: 2025-05-27T20:14:34.295Z
Link: CVE-2025-48868

Updated: 2025-09-24T18:45:50.767Z

Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-09-24T14:15:49.593
Modified: 2025-09-24T18:11:24.520
Link: CVE-2025-48868

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