CVE-2025-48996
HAX Penn State University Open-Apis Information Disclosure
Description
HAX open-apis provides microservice apis for HAX webcomponents repo that are shared infrastructure calls. An unauthenticated information disclosure vulnerability exists in the Penn State University deployment of the HAX content management system via the `haxPsuUsage` API endpoint, related to a flat present in open-apis versions up to and including 10.0.2. This allows any remote unauthenticated user to retrieve a full list of PSU websites hosted on HAX CMS. When chained with other authorization issues (e.g., HAX-3), this could assist in targeted attacks such as unauthorized content modification or deletion. Commit 06c2e1fbb7131a8fe66aa0600f38dcacae6b7ac7 patches the vulnerability.
INFO
Published Date :
June 2, 2025, 8:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
June 4, 2025, 2:54 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
1.4
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Affected Products
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CVE-2025-48996.
| URL | Resource |
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| https://github.com/haxtheweb/issues/security/advisories/GHSA-fvx2-x7ff-fc56 | |
| https://github.com/haxtheweb/open-apis/commit/06c2e1fbb7131a8fe66aa0600f38dcacae6b7ac7 |
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New CVE Received by [email protected]
Jun. 02, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description HAX open-apis provides microservice apis for HAX webcomponents repo that are shared infrastructure calls. An unauthenticated information disclosure vulnerability exists in the Penn State University deployment of the HAX content management system via the `haxPsuUsage` API endpoint, related to a flat present in open-apis versions up to and including 10.0.2. This allows any remote unauthenticated user to retrieve a full list of PSU websites hosted on HAX CMS. When chained with other authorization issues (e.g., HAX-3), this could assist in targeted attacks such as unauthorized content modification or deletion. Commit 06c2e1fbb7131a8fe66aa0600f38dcacae6b7ac7 patches the vulnerability. Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Added CWE CWE-201 Added Reference https://github.com/haxtheweb/issues/security/advisories/GHSA-fvx2-x7ff-fc56 Added Reference https://github.com/haxtheweb/open-apis/commit/06c2e1fbb7131a8fe66aa0600f38dcacae6b7ac7
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-48996 is
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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