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CVE-2026-46395
HAX CMS helps manage microsite universe with PHP or NodeJs backends. Prior to version 26.0.0, the `hmacBase64()` function in the HAXcms Node.js backend contains two critical cryptographic implementation errors that together allow any unauthenticated attacker to extract the system’s private signing key and forge arbitrary admin-level JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) allowing them to get full admin access with a single HTTP request. First, the function passes the literal string "0" as the HMAC signing key i
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1
Preserved source conflicts
No provider value was silently selected as the winner.
cwe · 3 assertions
{"cweId":"CWE-200","description":"CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8153acdddc51a2255b987b9689a041ac49bf5ce52471e78b985e7932c862c19a · sha256:4f658f921be71853… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-327","description":"CWE-327: Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8153acdddc51a2255b987b9689a041ac49bf5ce52471e78b985e7932c862c19a · sha256:4f658f921be71853… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/2/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-321","description":"CWE-321: Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8153acdddc51a2255b987b9689a041ac49bf5ce52471e78b985e7932c862c19a · sha256:4f658f921be71853… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"haxcms-nodejs","vendor":"haxtheweb","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 26.0.0"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8153acdddc51a2255b987b9689a041ac49bf5ce52471e78b985e7932c862c19a · sha256:4f658f921be71853… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":9.3,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","privilegesRequired":"NONE","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","vulnIntegrityImpact":"HIGH"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8153acdddc51a2255b987b9689a041ac49bf5ce52471e78b985e7932c862c19a · sha256:4f658f921be71853… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0
CWE assertions
3 source assertions{"cweId":"CWE-200","description":"CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8153acdddc51a2255b987b9689a041ac49bf5ce52471e78b985e7932c862c19a · sha256:4f658f921be71853… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-327","description":"CWE-327: Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8153acdddc51a2255b987b9689a041ac49bf5ce52471e78b985e7932c862c19a · sha256:4f658f921be71853… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/2/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-321","description":"CWE-321: Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8153acdddc51a2255b987b9689a041ac49bf5ce52471e78b985e7932c862c19a · sha256:4f658f921be71853… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0
Source references
2 source assertions{"name":"https://github.com/haxtheweb/issues/security/advisories/GHSA-6c8g-9hfh-pq5h","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/haxtheweb/issues/security/advisories/GHSA-6c8g-9hfh-pq5h"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8153acdddc51a2255b987b9689a041ac49bf5ce52471e78b985e7932c862c19a · sha256:4f658f921be71853… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"tags":["exploit"],"url":"https://github.com/haxtheweb/issues/security/advisories/GHSA-6c8g-9hfh-pq5h"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8153acdddc51a2255b987b9689a041ac49bf5ce52471e78b985e7932c862c19a · sha256:4f658f921be71853… · /containers/adp/0/references/0
Attribution and limitations
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