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CVE-2025-54127: HAXcms's Insecure Default Configuration Leads to Unauthenticated Access
- Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-07-21 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-1188
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.
Affected products
- haxtheweb haxcms-nodejs: before 11.0.7 — fixed in 11.0.7
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: haxtheweb haxcms-nodejs 11.0.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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