Unauthenticated Disclosure of PSU HAX CMS Site Listings via haxPsuUsage API Endpoint
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-201.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| haxtheweb | issues | up to 10.0.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | @haxtheweb/open-apis (npm) | up to 10.0.1 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-fvx2-x7ff-fc56 |
- issues Vendorhaxtheweb Affected up to 10.0.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- @haxtheweb/open-apis (npm) Vendor— Affected up to 10.0.1 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-fvx2-x7ff-fc56
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-48996
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fvx2-x7ff-fc56
References
More haxtheweb vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-34109 HAX CMS Vulnerable to Private Key Disclosure via Broken HMAC Implementation CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-34105 HAX open-apis: Credential Theft via Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in open-apis CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-27339 HAX CMS's public /server-status endpoint exposes authentication tokens, user activity, and client IP addresses CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-34113 Authenticated Remote Code Execution via File Overwrite CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2025-23152 HAX CMS PHP allows Insecure File Upload to Lead to Remote Code Execution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-34194 HAX CMS: Stored XSS via '<video-player>' component allows arbitrary JavaScript execution and token theft CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2025-48996 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-48996 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fvx2-x7ff-fc56 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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