GHSA-5fpv-5qvh-7cf3

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5fpv-5qvh-7cf3

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/07/GHSA-5fpv-5qvh-7cf3/GHSA-5fpv-5qvh-7cf3.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-5fpv-5qvh-7cf3

Aliases

CVE-2025-54137

Published

2025-07-21T19:53:51Z

Modified

2025-07-23T13:36:55Z

Severity

7.3 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator

Summary

NodeJS version of the HAX CMS application is distributed with Default Secrets

Details

Summary

The NodeJS version of the HAX CMS application is distributed with hardcoded default credentials for the user and superuser accounts. Additionally, the application has default private keys for JWTs. Users aren't prompted to change credentials or secrets during installation, and there is no way to change them through the UI.

Affected Resources

HAXCMS.js HAXCMSClass

Impact

An unauthenticated attacker can read the default user credentials and JWT private keys from the public haxtheweb GitHub repositories. These credentials and keys can be used to access unconfigured self-hosted instances of the application, modify sites, and perform further attacks.

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-1392"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-07-21T19:53:51Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-07-22T22:15:38Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
}

References

Affected packages

npm / @haxtheweb/haxcms-nodejs

Package

Name: @haxtheweb/haxcms-nodejs; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:npm/%40haxtheweb/haxcms-nodejs

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

11.0.10

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/07/GHSA-5fpv-5qvh-7cf3/GHSA-5fpv-5qvh-7cf3.json"