Cross-site request forgery in Bitaxe ESP-MIner
Priority MEDIUM 58CWE-352Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
In Bitaxe ESP-Miner before 2.5.0 with AxeOS, one can use an /api/system CSRF attack to update the payout address (aka stratumUser) for a Bitaxe Bitcoin miner, or change the frequency and voltage settings.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00209 11th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed ESP-MIner (Bitaxe): 2.5.0
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA ESP-MIner (Bitaxe) Fixed in 2.5.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-27579
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-38q3-97f6-wg52
References
Sources
- CVE-2025-27579 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-27579 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-38q3-97f6-wg52 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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