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GHSA-pjj3-j5j6-qj27

GitHub Security Advisory

HAX CMS NodeJS Application Has Improper Error Handling That Leads to Denial of Service

✓ GitHub Reviewed HIGH Has CVE

Advisory Details

### Summary
The HAX CMS NodeJS application crashes when an authenticated attacker provides an API request lacking required URL parameters. This vulnerability affects the `listFiles` and `saveFiles` endpoints.

### Details
This vulnerability exists because the application does not properly handle exceptions which occur as a result of changes to user-modifiable URL parameters.

#### Affected Resources
• [listFiles.js:22](https://github.com/haxtheweb/haxcms-nodejs/blob/main/src/routes/listFiles.js#L22) listFiles()
• [saveFile.js:52](https://github.com/haxtheweb/haxcms-nodejs/blob/main/src/routes/saveFile.js#L52) saveFile()
• system/api/listFiles
• system/api/saveFile

### PoC
1. Targeting an instance of instance of [HAX CMS NodeJS](https://github.com/haxtheweb/haxcms-nodejs), send a request without parameters to `listFiles` or `saveFiles`. The following screenshot shows the request in Burp Suite.
![listfilesrequest](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/477ea4e0-5707-4948-b53c-7f042a0475fb)

2. The server will crash with `ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE`.
![listfilescrash](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/85424c12-1619-41d3-9bf5-9e029cdaa8c1)

### Impact
An authenticated attacker can deny access to the HAX CMS NodeJS application by crashing the backend server. This prevents all users from accessing the backend system. If the backend system is hosting websites, those websites will be unavailable.

Affected Packages

npm @haxtheweb/haxcms-nodejs
Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 11.0.9)

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-pjj3-j5j6-qj27
Published
July 21, 2025 7:52 PM
Last Modified
July 21, 2025 10:21 PM
CVSS Score
7.5 /10
Primary Ecosystem
npm
Primary Package
@haxtheweb/haxcms-nodejs
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: July 25, 2025 6:37 AM

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