Frappe india-payroll before 16.0.4 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the get_employee_details, compute_tax_comparison and set_tax_regime methods of tax_regime_selector.py that allows authenticated low-privileged users to access other employees' payroll data. Attackers can supply another employee identifier to read base pay and earning and deduction components, or change the tax regime on draft Salary Structure Assignments to affect tax withholding.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
frappe india-payroll unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 16.0.4
16.0.4 unaffected —

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https://github.com/frappe/india-payroll cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/frappe/india-payroll/blob/9c1fc91b34de8a55df58aa5f2dbabff95dedb4d1/india_payroll/india_payroll/page/tax_regime_selector/tax_regime_selector.py#L207-L215 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/frappe/india-payroll/commit/78de736298a340ecb971826a5df10e7204773cef cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/frappe/india-payroll/commit/bdb988f172663db4054f9c3fc23833f10c3b60b0 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/frappe/india-payroll/releases/tag/v16.0.4 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/frappe/india-payroll/security/advisories/GHSA-758f-34xj-xvcc cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/frappe-india-payroll-before-16.0.4-missing-authorization-via-tax-regime-selector cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Description Frappe india-payroll before 16.0.4 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the get_employee_details, compute_tax_comparison and set_tax_regime methods of tax_regime_selector.py that allows authenticated low-privileged users to access other employees' payroll data. Attackers can supply another employee identifier to read base pay and earning and deduction components, or change the tax regime on draft Salary Structure Assignments to affect tax withholding.
Title Frappe india-payroll before 16.0.4 Missing Authorization via Tax Regime Selector
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-14T12:32:55.388Z

Reserved: 2026-11-14T12:15:38.215Z

Link: CVE-2026-129429

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-14T13:17:22.243

Modified: 2026-11-14T13:17:22.243

Link: CVE-2026-129429

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