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CVE-2025-43712 Detail

Disputed     

Description

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).


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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-451 User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information MITRE  
CWE-284 Improper Access Control CISA-ADP  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-43712
NVD Published Date:
07/25/2025
NVD Last Modified:
08/04/2025
Source:
MITRE