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@haxtheweb/haxcms-nodejs Iframe Phishing vulnerability

GHSA-v3ph-2q5q-cg88 · CVE-2025-49139

Published · Modified

Description

Summary

In the HAX site editor, users can create a website block to load another site in an iframe. The application allows users to supply a target URL in the website block. When the HAX site is visited, the client's browser will query the supplied URL.

Affected Resources

PoC

  1. Set the URL in an iframe pointing to an attacker-controlled server running Responder

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  1. Once another user visits the site, they are prompted to sign in.

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  1. If a user inputs credentials, the username and password hash are outputted in Responder.

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Impact

An authenticated attacker can create a HAX site with a website block pointing at an attacker-controlled server running Responder or a similar tool. The attacker can then conduct a phishing attack by convincing another user to visit their malicious HAX site to harvest credentials.

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