# CVE-2025-66224: OrangeHRM is a comprehensive human resource management (HRM) system. From version 5.0 to 5.7, the application contains…

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-66224-orangehrm-is-a-comprehensive-human-resource-management-hrm-system  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-11-29  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-66224 · Severity: high · CVSS 8.8 · Published 2025-11-29

OrangeHRM is a comprehensive human resource management (HRM) system. From version 5.0 to 5.7, the application contains an input-neutralization flaw in its mail configuration and delivery workflow that allows user-controlled values to flow directly into the system’s sendmail command. Because these values are not sanitized or constrained before being incorporated into the command execution path, certain sendmail behaviors can be unintentionally invoked during email processing. This makes it possible for the application to write files on the server as part of the mail-handling routine, and in deployments where those files end up in web-accessible locations, the behavior can be leveraged to achieve execution of attacker-controlled content. The issue stems entirely from constructing OS-level command strings using unsanitized input within the mail-sending logic. This issue has been patched in version 5.8.

Technologies: [Orangehrm](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/orangehrm). Vendors: [Orangehrm](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/orangehrm).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-66224 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-66224 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-66224?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.8, published 29 November 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Orangehrm. The advisory does not name versions.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-66224?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-66224?** Check whether you run Orangehrm. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Affected products

- Orangehrm

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