CVE-2025-43712

JHipster before v.8.9.0 allows privilege escalation via a modified authorities parameter. Upon registering in the JHipster portal and logging in as a standard user, the authorities parameter in the response from the api/account endpoint contains the value ROLE_USER. By manipulating the authorities parameter and changing its value to ROLE_ADMIN, the privilege is successfully escalated to an Admin level. This allowed the access to all admin-related functionalities in the application. NOTE: this is disputed by the Supplier because there is no privilege escalation in the context of the JHipster backend (the report only demonstrates that, after using JHipster to generate an application, one can make a non-functional admin screen visible in the front end of that application).
Configurations

No configuration.

History

04 Aug 2025, 12:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary
  • (es) Las versiones anteriores a la versión 8.9.0 de JHipster permiten la escalada de privilegios mediante un parámetro de autoridad modificado. Al registrarse en el portal de JHipster e iniciar sesión como usuario estándar, el parámetro de autoridad en la respuesta del endpoint de la API/cuenta contiene el valor ROLE_USER. Al manipular el parámetro de autoridad y cambiar su valor a ROLE_ADMIN, el privilegio se escala correctamente a nivel de administrador. Esto permite el acceso a todas las funciones administrativas de la aplicación.
References
  • () https://firecompass.com/cve-2025-43712-jhipster-platform-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-discovered-by-firecompass-research-added-to-nist/ -

28 Jul 2025, 17:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : 8.0
v2 : unknown
v3 : 2.9
Summary (en) JHipster before v.8.9.0 allows privilege escalation via a modified authorities parameter. Upon registering in the JHipster portal and logging in as a standard user, the authorities parameter in the response from the api/account endpoint contains the value ROLE_USER. By manipulating the authorities parameter and changing its value to ROLE_ADMIN, the privilege is successfully escalated to an Admin level. This allowed the access to all admin-related functionalities in the application. (en) JHipster before v.8.9.0 allows privilege escalation via a modified authorities parameter. Upon registering in the JHipster portal and logging in as a standard user, the authorities parameter in the response from the api/account endpoint contains the value ROLE_USER. By manipulating the authorities parameter and changing its value to ROLE_ADMIN, the privilege is successfully escalated to an Admin level. This allowed the access to all admin-related functionalities in the application. NOTE: this is disputed by the Supplier because there is no privilege escalation in the context of the JHipster backend (the report only demonstrates that, after using JHipster to generate an application, one can make a non-functional admin screen visible in the front end of that application).
References
  • () https://groups.google.com/g/jhipster-dev/c/ATSlWkEjw2w -
CWE CWE-451

25 Jul 2025, 14:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 8.0
CWE CWE-284

25 Jul 2025, 13:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-07-25 13:15

Updated : 2025-08-04 12:15


NVD link : CVE-2025-43712

Mitre link : CVE-2025-43712

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-43712


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Products Affected

No product.

CWE
CWE-451

User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information

CWE-284

Improper Access Control