{"id":"CVE-2025-54127","aliases":["EUVD-2025-22261","GHSA-f38f-jvqj-mfg6"],"status":"published","title":"HAXcms's Insecure Default Configuration Leads to Unauthenticated Access","description":"HAXcms with nodejs backend allows users to start the server in any HAXsite or HAXcms instance. In versions 11.0.6 and below, the NodeJS version of HAXcms uses an insecure default configuration designed for local development. The default configuration does not perform authorization or authentication checks. If a user were to deploy haxcms-nodejs without modifying the default settings, ‘HAXCMS_DISABLE_JWT_CHECKS‘ would be set to ‘true‘ and their deployment would lack session authentication. This is fixed in version 11.0.7.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":9.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"critical","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.00456,"percentile":0.40078,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-1188"],"published":"2025-07-21T19:48:58Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:38Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"npm","package":"@haxtheweb/haxcms-nodejs","fixed_in":["11.0.7"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"npm","package":"@haxtheweb/haxcms-nodejs","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"11.0.6"},{"fixed":"11.0.7"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"npm","package":"@haxtheweb/haxcms-nodejs","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"11.0.7"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"haxtheweb","product":"issues"},{"vendor":"psu","product":"haxcms-nodejs"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/haxtheweb/issues/security/advisories/GHSA-f38f-jvqj-mfg6","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","Third Party Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54127","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f38f-jvqj-mfg6"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/54xxx/CVE-2025-54127.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/haxtheweb/haxcms-nodejs","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2025-54127","title":"HAXcms's Insecure Default Configuration Leads to Unauthenticated Access","description":"HAXcms with nodejs backend allows users to start the server in any HAXsite or HAXcms instance. In versions 11.0.6 and below, the NodeJS version of HAXcms uses an insecure default configuration designed for local development. The default configuration does not perform authorization or authentication checks. If a user were to deploy haxcms-nodejs without modifying the default settings, ‘HAXCMS_DISABLE_JWT_CHECKS‘ would be set to ‘true‘ and their deployment would lack session authentication. This is fixed in version 11.0.7.","status":"published","published":"2025-07-21T20:36:43.58Z","modified":"2025-07-22T19:56:43.124Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":9.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"critical","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-1188"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:32:27.932735Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2025-22261","description":"HAXcms with nodejs backend allows users to start the server in any HAXsite or HAXcms instance. In versions 11.0.6 and below, the NodeJS version of HAXcms uses an insecure default configuration designed for local development. The default configuration does not perform authorization or authentication checks. If a user were to deploy haxcms-nodejs without modifying the default settings, ‘HAXCMS_DISABLE_JWT_CHECKS‘ would be set to ‘true‘ and their deployment would lack session authentication. This is fixed in version 11.0.7.","status":"published","published":"2025-07-21T20:36:43Z","modified":"2025-07-22T19:56:43Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":9.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"critical"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T20:32:05.325431Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-f38f-jvqj-mfg6","title":"NodeJS version of HAX CMS Has Insecure Default Configuration That Leads to Unauthenticated Access","description":"### Summary\nThe NodeJS version of HAX CMS uses an insecure default configuration designed for local\ndevelopment. The default configuration does not perform authorization or authentication checks.\n\n### Details\nIf a user were to deploy haxcms-nodejs without modifying the default settings, ‘HAXCMS_DISABLE_JWT_CHECKS‘ would be set to ‘true‘ and their deployment would lack session authentication. \n\n![insecure-default-configuration-code](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/af58b08a-8a26-4ef5-8deb-e6e9d4efefaa)\n\n#### Affected Resources\n- [package.json:13](https://github.com/haxtheweb/haxcms-nodejs/blob/a4d2f18341ff63ad2d97c35f9fc21af8b965248b/package.json#L13)\n\n### PoC\nTo reproduce this vulnerability, [install](https://github.com/haxtheweb/haxcms-nodejs) HAX CMS NodeJS. The application will load without JWT checks enabled. \n\n### Impact\nWithout security checks in place, an unauthenticated remote attacker could access, modify, and delete all site information.","status":"published","published":"2025-07-21T19:48:58Z","modified":"2025-07-21T22:21:24Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":9.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-1188"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:38:50.834587Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2025-54127","description":"HAXcms with nodejs backend allows users to start the server in any HAXsite or HAXcms instance. In versions 11.0.6 and below, the NodeJS version of HAXcms uses an insecure default configuration designed for local development. The default configuration does not perform authorization or authentication checks. If a user were to deploy haxcms-nodejs without modifying the default settings, ‘HAXCMS_DISABLE_JWT_CHECKS‘ would be set to ‘true‘ and their deployment would lack session authentication. This is fixed in version 11.0.7.","status":"published","published":"2025-07-21T21:15:26.403Z","modified":"2026-06-17T09:39:29.927Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":9.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","level":"critical","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-1188"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:11:19.382856Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2025-54127","title":"HAXcms's Insecure Default Configuration Leads to Unauthenticated Access","description":"HAXcms with nodejs backend allows users to start the server in any HAXsite or HAXcms instance. In versions 11.0.6 and below, the NodeJS version of HAXcms uses an insecure default configuration designed for local development. The default configuration does not perform authorization or authentication checks. If a user were to deploy haxcms-nodejs without modifying the default settings, ‘HAXCMS_DISABLE_JWT_CHECKS‘ would be set to ‘true‘ and their deployment would lack session authentication. This is fixed in version 11.0.7.","status":"published","published":"2025-07-21T20:36:43.58Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:38.715491374Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":9.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-1188"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:50.863921Z"},{"id":"GHSA-f38f-jvqj-mfg6","title":"NodeJS version of HAX CMS Has Insecure Default Configuration That Leads to Unauthenticated Access","description":"### Summary\nThe NodeJS version of HAX CMS uses an insecure default configuration designed for local\ndevelopment. The default configuration does not perform authorization or authentication checks.\n\n### Details\nIf a user were to deploy haxcms-nodejs without modifying the default settings, ‘HAXCMS_DISABLE_JWT_CHECKS‘ would be set to ‘true‘ and their deployment would lack session authentication. \n\n![insecure-default-configuration-code](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/af58b08a-8a26-4ef5-8deb-e6e9d4efefaa)\n\n#### Affected Resources\n- [package.json:13](https://github.com/haxtheweb/haxcms-nodejs/blob/a4d2f18341ff63ad2d97c35f9fc21af8b965248b/package.json#L13)\n\n### PoC\nTo reproduce this vulnerability, [install](https://github.com/haxtheweb/haxcms-nodejs) HAX CMS NodeJS. The application will load without JWT checks enabled. \n\n### Impact\nWithout security checks in place, an unauthenticated remote attacker could access, modify, and delete all site information.","status":"published","published":"2025-07-21T19:48:58Z","modified":"2025-07-21T22:21:21Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":9.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-1188"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:45.639885Z"}]}}