HAXcms createSite SSRF Enables Arbitrary File Read
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-918 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
HAX CMS helps manage microsite universe with PHP or NodeJs backends. An authenticated Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in versions prior to 26.0.0 allows authenticated users to fetch arbitrary internal or local resources and write the responses to a web-accessible directory, enabling arbitrary file read and internal network access. Version 26.0.0 contains a fix.
Why it matters now
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 haxcms-nodejs (haxtheweb) Fixed in 26.0.0
- Fix · CNA haxcms-php (haxtheweb) Fixed in 26.0.0
- Fix · GHSA-q862-gcgq-5m6g @haxtheweb/haxcms-nodejs (npm) Fixed in 26.0.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-46393
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q862-gcgq-5m6g
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-2026-46393 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-46393 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q862-gcgq-5m6g · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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