Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-71483 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-71483 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-71483?
- Informational severity, published 25 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Horilla HRMS before 1.6.0.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-71483?
- A patch was published on 2026-07-07: Fix released in version 1.6.0 Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-71483 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-71483?
- Check whether you run Horilla HRMS at an affected version. 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.
Technical details
Reflected XSS in the /employee/employee-filter-view endpoint where the search parameter is passed to jQuery .html() without sanitization in employee/templates/employee_nav.html. The vulnerability requires an authenticated user to click an attacker-crafted link containing malicious JavaScript in the search parameter. An attacker gains execution of arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's browser context, enabling session theft and privilege escalation.
Affected products
- Horilla Horilla HRMS before 1.6.0
Timeline
- 2026-09-25: disclosed: CVE-2026-71483 published
- 2026-07-07: patched: Fix released in version 1.6.0