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).

CVSS v3 2.9 LOW

2.9^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.4 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://firecompass.com/cve-2025-43712-jhipster-platform-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-discovered-by-firecompass-research-added-to-nist/
https://github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster/releases
https://groups.google.com/g/jhipster-dev/c/ATSlWkEjw2w
https://medium.com/@hritikgodara/cve-2025-43712-privilege-escalation-via-response-manipulation-in-the-jhipster-platform-5e18c0434def

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

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

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