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CVE-2025-54378: haxtheweb issues · Improper Authorization

Affects haxtheweb issuesSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.3 High : upgrade to 11.0.14 soon.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 09:15 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
8.3High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 44% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 11.0.14, 11.0.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 26 Jul 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade haxcms-nodejs to 11.0.14; haxcms-php to 11.0.9.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
npmhaxcms-nodejspkg:npm/haxcms-nodejsOther threatsAffected
  • <11.0.14
Fixed in
  • 11.0.14
Packagisthaxcms-phppkg:composer/haxcms-phpOther threatsAffected
  • <11.0.9
Fixed in
  • 11.0.9

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AI-suggested

European organizations should immediately upgrade to haxcms-nodejs version 11.0.14 or higher and haxcms-php version 11.0.9 or higher to ensure authorization checks are properly enforced. If you cannot patch yet, organizations should implement compensating controls such as restricting network access to the CMS API endpoints via firewall rules or VPNs to trusted users only. Conduct thorough access reviews to ensure only necessary users have authentication credentials. Implement monitoring and alerting on suspicious API activity to detect potential exploitation attempts. Additionally, perform security testing and code reviews on custom integrations with HAX CMS to verify authorization logic. Organizations should also review logs for unauthorized access attempts and prepare incident response plans in case exploitation occurs. Regular backups of CMS data should be maintained to enable recovery from potential data integrity or availability impacts.

Description

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.

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