# CVE-2025-66291: OrangeHRM is a comprehensive human resource management (HRM) system. From version 5.0 to 5.7, the interview attachment…

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-66291-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-2025-66291 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4.3 · Published 2025-11-29

OrangeHRM is a comprehensive human resource management (HRM) system. From version 5.0 to 5.7, the interview attachment retrieval endpoint in the Recruitment module serves files based solely on an authenticated session and user-supplied identifiers, without verifying whether the requester has permission to access the associated interview record. Because the server does not perform any recruitment-level authorization checks, an ESS-level user with no access to recruitment workflows can directly request interview attachment URLs and receive the corresponding files. This exposes confidential interview documents—including candidate CVs, evaluations, and supporting files—to unauthorized users. The issue arises from relying on predictable object identifiers and session presence rather than validating the user’s association with the relevant recruitment process. 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-2025-66291 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-66291 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-66291?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4.3, published 29 November 2025.

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

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-66291?** 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-2025-66291?** 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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