CVE-2025-43712
Withdrawn Advisory: JHipster allows privilege escalation via a modified authorities parameter
Impact
## Withdrawn Advisory This advisory has been withdrawn because the original report was found to be invalid. This link is maintained to preserve external references. For more information, see https://groups.google.com/g/jhipster-dev/c/ATSlWkEjw2w. ## Original 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.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | generator-jhipster | < 8.9.0 | 8.9.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- 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
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cmm8-gw4m-26cw
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43712
- https://firecompass.com/cve-2025-43712-jhipster-platform-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-discovered-by-firecompass-research-added-to-nist