CVE-2025-54378 | HAX CMS Backend Lacks Comprehensive Authorization Checks

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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.

Published: 2025-07-26 Last update: 2025-08-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-54378 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.34%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2025-54378

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-54378

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-22 0.05% 0.34% +0.29%
2 2025-10-02 0.03% 0.05% +0.02%
3 2025-07-26 — 0.03% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-54378

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.3 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.5 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-54378

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2025-54378

GHSA-9jr9-8ff3-m894 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: npm — HAX CMS API Lacks Authorization Checks

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-54378

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
psu haxcms-nodejs < 11.0.14 cpe:2.3:a:psu:haxcms-nodejs:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
psu haxcms-php < 11.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:psu:haxcms-php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-54378

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