How broadly exploitable is this vulnerability?

Exploitation is limited to authenticated users who can upload files, but once an attacker has such access, the phishing page they host can target any user who visits the malicious file URL, including privileged administrators.

Does an attacker need elevated privileges to exploit this?

No elevated privileges are strictly required; any account that can upload a profile picture or similar media can abuse this behavior. Higher-privileged accounts can increase the reach of social engineering but are not mandatory for the initial exploit.

What is the safest general fix pattern?

The most robust fix is to treat file uploads as strictly non-executable media: enforce an allowlist of file types, verify content signatures, serve files with non-HTML content types from isolated static storage, and ensure that user-uploaded files cannot be interpreted as application pages by the browser.

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.0)

Improper File Upload Handling (CWE-74) in Horilla HRMS Profile Images Enables Phishing

CVE-2026-24010

Published:

Jan 21, 2026

Status:

Analyzed

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

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CRITICAL RISK

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HIGH RISK

HIGH

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Remote Code Execution on the Server Host

February 17, 2026

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Improper File Upload / Content Injection

CWE:

CWE-74;CWE-474;CWE-434

Impact:

Credential Theft and Account Takeover via Phishing

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.0)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Improper File Upload / Content Injection

CWE:

CWE-74;CWE-474;CWE-434

Impact:

Credential Theft and Account Takeover via Phishing

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.0)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Improper File Upload Handling (CWE-74) in Horilla HRMS Profile Images Enables Phishing

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

Recent Vulnerabilities

CRITICAL RISK

CRITICAL

(9.8)

Missing Authentication for Forgot-Password Email Change API (CWE-306)

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in node-sonos-http-api TTS Provider for macOS

Vulnerability Type

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