CVE-2025-48996
published 2025-06-02CVE-2025-48996: HAX open-apis provides microservice apis for HAX webcomponents repo that are shared infrastructure calls. An unauthenticated information disclosure…
PriorityP429medium5.3CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCLINAN
EPSS
0.31%
23.0th percentile
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.
Affected
2 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| haxtheweb | issues | <= 10.0.2 | — |
| haxtheweb | open-apis | 0 – 10.0.1 | — |
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OSV
Unauthenticated Disclosure of PSU HAX CMS Site Listings via haxPsuUsage API Endpoint
osv·2025-06-05
CVE-2025-48996 [MEDIUM] Unauthenticated Disclosure of PSU HAX CMS Site Listings via haxPsuUsage API Endpoint
Unauthenticated Disclosure of PSU HAX CMS Site Listings via haxPsuUsage API Endpoint
### Summary
An **unauthenticated information disclosure vulnerability** exists in the PSU deployment of HAX CMS via the `haxPsuUsage` API endpoint. 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.
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### Details
The endpoint [`https://open-apis.hax.cloud/api/services/stats/haxPsuUsage`](https://open-apis.hax.cloud/api/services/stats/haxPsuUsage) returns a list of websites on the PSU instance of HAX CMS. This endpoint is exposed without any authentication or authorization checks.
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GHSA
Unauthenticated Disclosure of PSU HAX CMS Site Listings via haxPsuUsage API Endpoint
ghsa·2025-06-05
CVE-2025-48996 [MEDIUM] CWE-201 Unauthenticated Disclosure of PSU HAX CMS Site Listings via haxPsuUsage API Endpoint
Unauthenticated Disclosure of PSU HAX CMS Site Listings via haxPsuUsage API Endpoint
### Summary
An **unauthenticated information disclosure vulnerability** exists in the PSU deployment of HAX CMS via the `haxPsuUsage` API endpoint. 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.
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### Details
The endpoint [`https://open-apis.hax.cloud/api/services/stats/haxPsuUsage`](https://open-apis.hax.cloud/api/services/stats/haxPsuUsage) returns a list of websites on the PSU instance of HAX CMS. This endpoint is exposed without any authentication or authorization checks.
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2025-06-02
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