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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-43712

JHipster before v.8.9.0 allows privilege escalation via a modified authorities parameter.

Published Jul 25, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 4, 2025 · JHipster before v.8.9.0 allows

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-43712. EPSS is 0.28%. Act only if a listed version of JHipster before v.8.9.0 allows is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (JHipster before v.8.9.0 allows).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Low2.9
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.28%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor n/a n/a n/a

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 ba

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How to fix CVE-2025-43712

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-43712. EPSS is 0.28%. Act only if a listed version of JHipster before v.8.9.0 allows is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with n/a n/a n/a n/a. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.28%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jul 25, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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 l

  2. Aug 4, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    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 l

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-43712

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-43712

    30-day exploitation probability 0.28%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-22595

    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 manipulati

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 23, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.