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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-49138

HAX CMS PHP allows users to manage their microsite universe with a PHP backend.

Published Jun 9, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 18, 2026 · HAX CMS PHP allows

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-49138. EPSS is 0.52%. Act only if a listed version of HAX CMS PHP 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 (HAX CMS PHP allows).
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium6.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.52%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
cpe psu/haxcms-php · vendor haxtheweb issues < 11.0.0

HAX CMS PHP allows users to manage their microsite universe with a PHP backend. Prior to version 11.0.0, an authenticated Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in the HAXCMS saveOutline endpoint allows a low-privileged user to read arbitrary files on the server by manipulating the location field written into site.json. This enables attackers to exfiltrate sensitive system files such as /etc/passwd, application secrets, or configuration files accessible to the web server (www-data). The vulnerability stems from the way the HAXCMS backend handles the location field in the site's outline. When a user sends a POST request to /system/api/saveOutline, the backend stores the provided location value directly into the site.json file associated with the site, without validating or sanitizing the input. Later the location parameter is interpreted by the CMS to resolve and load the content for a given node. If the location field contains a relative path like , the application will attempt to read and render that file. Version 11.0.0 fixes the issue.

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  • cpe psu/haxcms-phpversion unspecified
  • vendor haxtheweb issues < 11.0.0< 11.0.0

How to fix CVE-2025-49138

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-2025-49138. EPSS is 0.52%. Act only if a listed version of HAX CMS PHP allows is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with haxtheweb issues < 11.0.0 < 11.0.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-22: Path Traversal; CWE-73. EPSS 0.52%. 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. Jun 9, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    HAX CMS PHP allows users to manage their microsite universe with a PHP backend. Prior to version 11.0.0, an authenticated Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in the HAXCMS saveOutline endpoint allows a low-privileged user to read arbitrary files on the server by manipulating the location field written into site.json. This enables attackers to exfiltrate sensitive system files such as /etc/pas

  2. Jun 10, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    HAX CMS PHP allows users to manage their microsite universe with a PHP backend. Prior to version 11.0.0, an authenticated Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in the HAXCMS saveOutline endpoint allows a low-privileged user to read arbitrary files on the server by manipulating the location field written into site.json. This enables attackers to exfiltrate sensitive system files such as /etc/pas

  3. Oct 18, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    HAX CMS PHP allows users to manage their microsite universe with a PHP backend. Prior to version 11.0.0, an authenticated Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in the HAXCMS saveOutline endpoint allows a low-privileged user to read arbitrary files on the server by manipulating the location field written into site.json. This enables attackers to exfiltrate sensitive system files such as /etc/pas

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-49138

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-49138

    30-day exploitation probability 0.5%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-17561

    HAX CMS PHP allows users to manage their microsite universe with a PHP backend. Prior to version 11.0.0, an authenticated Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in the HAXCMS saveOutline endpoint allows a low-privileged user to read arbitrary files on the server by manipulating

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-49138

    HAX CMS PHP allows users to manage their microsite universe with a PHP backend. Prior to version 11.0.0, an authenticated Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in the HAXCMS saveOutline endpoint allows a low-privileged user to read arbitrary files on the server by manipulating

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.