CVE-2026-39345
From 5.0 to 5.8, OrangeHRM Open Source fails to restrict email template file resolution to the intended plugins directory, allowing an authenticated actor who can influence the template path to read arbitrary local files.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
OrangeHRM is a comprehensive human resource management (HRM) system. From 5.0 to 5.8, OrangeHRM Open Source fails to restrict email template file resolution to the intended plugins directory, allowing an authenticated actor who can influence the template path to read arbitrary local files. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.8.1.
- CVSS 4.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.32% probability · 25th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- orangehrm/orangehrm
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
EPSS 0.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.