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GHSA-9JR9-8FF3-M894

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-07-25 20:10 – Updated: 2025-07-28 13:04

Summary

HAX CMS API Lacks Authorization Checks

Details

Summary

The HAX CMS API endpoints do not perform authorization checks when interacting with a resource. Both the JS and PHP versions of the CMS do not verify that a user has permission to interact with a resource before performing a given operation.

Details

The API endpoints within the HAX CMS application check if a user is authenticated, but don't check for authorization before performing an operation.

Affected Resources

Operations.php: 760 createNode()
Operations.php: 868 saveNode()
Operations.php: 1171 deleteNode()
Operations.php: 1789 listSites()
Operations.php: 1890 createSite()
Operations.php: 2196 getConfig()
Operations.php: 2389 cloneSite()
Operations.php: 2467 deleteSite()
Operations.php: 2524 downloadSite()
Operations.php: 2607 archiveSite()

Note: This may not include all affected endpoints within the application.

Impact

An authenticated attacker can make requests to interact with other users' sites. This can be used to enumerate, modify, and delete other users' sites and nodes.

Additionally, an authenticated attacker can use the 'getConfig' endpoint to pull the application's configuration, which may store cleartext credentials.

PoC - /deleteNode

Browse to the 'site.json' file for a target site, and note the ID of the item to delete.

Make a POST request to the 'deleteNode' endpoint with a valid JWT and the target object ID.

Site before editing:

Site after editing:

Severity ?

8.3 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "@haxtheweb/haxcms-nodejs"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "11.0.14"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "elmsln/haxcms"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "11.0.14"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-54378"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-285",
      "CWE-862"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-07-25T20:10:22Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-07-26T04:16:05Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "### Summary\n\nThe HAX CMS API endpoints do not perform authorization checks when interacting with a resource. Both the JS and PHP versions of the CMS do not verify that a user has permission to interact with a resource before performing a given operation.\n\n### Details\n\nThe API endpoints within the HAX CMS application check if a user is authenticated, but don\u0027t check for authorization before performing an operation.\n\n#### Affected Resources\n\n- [Operations.php: 760](https://github.com/haxtheweb/haxcms-php/blob/b158d8ba1f9602af92ab084fd03b418f953079fd/system/backend/php/lib/Operations.php#L760) `createNode()`\n- [Operations.php: 868](https://github.com/haxtheweb/haxcms-php/blob/b158d8ba1f9602af92ab084fd03b418f953079fd/system/backend/php/lib/Operations.php#L868) `saveNode()`\n- [Operations.php: 1171](https://github.com/haxtheweb/haxcms-php/blob/b158d8ba1f9602af92ab084fd03b418f953079fd/system/backend/php/lib/Operations.php#L1171) `deleteNode()`\n- [Operations.php: 1789](https://github.com/haxtheweb/haxcms-php/blob/b158d8ba1f9602af92ab084fd03b418f953079fd/system/backend/php/lib/Operations.php#L1789) `listSites()`\n- [Operations.php: 1890](https://github.com/haxtheweb/haxcms-php/blob/b158d8ba1f9602af92ab084fd03b418f953079fd/system/backend/php/lib/Operations.php#L1890) `createSite()`\n- [Operations.php: 2196](https://github.com/haxtheweb/haxcms-php/blob/b158d8ba1f9602af92ab084fd03b418f953079fd/system/backend/php/lib/Operations.php#L2195) `getConfig()`\n- [Operations.php: 2389](https://github.com/haxtheweb/haxcms-php/blob/b158d8ba1f9602af92ab084fd03b418f953079fd/system/backend/php/lib/Operations.php#L2389) `cloneSite()`\n- [Operations.php: 2467](https://github.com/haxtheweb/haxcms-php/blob/b158d8ba1f9602af92ab084fd03b418f953079fd/system/backend/php/lib/Operations.php#L2467) `deleteSite()`\n- [Operations.php: 2524](https://github.com/haxtheweb/haxcms-php/blob/b158d8ba1f9602af92ab084fd03b418f953079fd/system/backend/php/lib/Operations.php#L2524) `downloadSite()`\n- [Operations.php: 2607](https://github.com/haxtheweb/haxcms-php/blob/b158d8ba1f9602af92ab084fd03b418f953079fd/system/backend/php/lib/Operations.php#L2606) `archiveSite()`\n\n\n_Note: This may not include all affected endpoints within the application._\n\n### Impact\n\nAn authenticated attacker can make requests to interact with other users\u0027 sites. This can be used to enumerate, modify, and delete other users\u0027 sites and nodes.\n\nAdditionally, an authenticated attacker can use the \u0027getConfig\u0027 endpoint to pull the application\u0027s configuration, which may store cleartext credentials.\n\n### PoC - /deleteNode\n\n1. Browse to the \u0027site.json\u0027 file for a target site, and note the ID of the item to delete.\n\n![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/84f8b396-876e-402b-b252-86d6cdec66c0)\n\n2. Make a POST request to the \u0027deleteNode\u0027 endpoint with a valid JWT and the target object ID.\n\n![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/750f6b2b-ad57-4230-8fd9-05100c25cef5)\n\nSite before editing:\n\n![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b7482b53-fc12-4aca-a135-082f1751d4a2)\n\nSite after editing:\n\n![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5a982f70-d8ef-4523-bcdc-da2b5aa7f019)",
  "id": "GHSA-9jr9-8ff3-m894",
  "modified": "2025-07-28T13:04:31Z",
  "published": "2025-07-25T20:10:22Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/haxtheweb/issues/security/advisories/GHSA-9jr9-8ff3-m894"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54378"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/haxtheweb/haxcms-nodejs/commit/5826e9b7f3d8c7c7635411768b86b199fad36969"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/haxtheweb/haxcms-php/commit/24d30222481ada037597c4d7c0a51a1ef7af6cfd"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "HAX CMS API Lacks Authorization Checks"
}

CVE-2025-54378 (GCVE-0-2025-54378)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-26 03:27 – Updated: 2025-07-28 19:01

Title

HAX CMS Backend Lacks Comprehensive Authorization Checks

Summary

HAX CMS allows you to manage your microsite universe with PHP or NodeJs backends. In versions 11.0.13 and below of haxcms-nodejs and versions 11.0.8 and below of haxcms-php, API endpoints do not perform authorization checks when interacting with a resource. Both the JS and PHP versions of the CMS do not verify that a user has permission to interact with a resource before performing a given operation. The API endpoints within the HAX CMS application check if a user is authenticated, but don't check for authorization before performing an operation. This is fixed in versions 11.0.14 of haxcms-nodejs and 11.0.9 of haxcms-php.

Severity ?

8.3 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-285 - Improper Authorization
CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/haxtheweb/issues/security/advi…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://github.com/haxtheweb/haxcms-nodejs/commit…	x_refsource_MISC
	https://github.com/haxtheweb/haxcms-php/commit/24…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	haxtheweb	issues	Affected: < 11.0.14

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GHSA-9JR9-8FF3-M894

Summary

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Affected Resources

Impact

PoC - /deleteNode

CVE-2025-54378 (GCVE-0-2025-54378)

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