HAXcms Has Stored XSS Vulnerability that May Lead to Account Takeover
GHSA-3fm2-xfq7-7778 · CVE-2026-22704
Published · Modified
Description
Summary
Stored XSS Leading to Account Takeover
Details
The Exploit Chain:
1.Upload: The attacker uploads an .html file containing a JavaScript payload.
2.Execution: A logged-in administrator is tricked into visiting the URL of this uploaded file.
3.Token Refresh: The JavaScript payload makes a fetch request to the /system/api/refreshAccessToken endpoint. Because the administrator is logged in, their browser automatically attaches the haxcms_refresh_token cookie to this request.
4.JWT Theft: The server validates the refresh token and responds with a new, valid JWT access token in the JSON response.
5.Exfiltration: The JavaScript captures this new JWT from the response and sends it to an attacker-controlled server.
6.Account Takeover: The attacker now possesses a valid administrator JWT and can take full control of the application.
Vulnerability recurrence:
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PoC
POST /system/api/saveFile?siteName=yu&site_token=neWmRyvNbCCwiQ7MP2ojAjVMk-HtjlKYNOqsQjLt3RQ&jwt=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6IlVqUzd6NFRFano1Q2xUMERiNnU0RmFROWJZSXgyMjd5OHN2NzRWb1hLbFkiLCJpYXQiOjE3NTUyNDYxODYsImV4cCI6MTc1NTI0NzA4NiwidXNlciI6ImFkbWluIn0.XrXr427aKbyw97aDjD2OX128DznGtw_CHMALAeodb0M HTTP/1.1
Host: 192.168.1.72:8080
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW
Connection: close
Content-Length: 1128
------WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="bulk-import"
true
------WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file-upload"; filename="files/pwn1116.html"
Content-Type: text/plain
Processing your request...
------WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW--Impact
The attacker now possesses a valid administrator JWT and can take full control of the application.
References
- WEB https://github.com/haxtheweb/issues/security/advisories/GHSA-3fm2-xfq7-7778
- ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22704
- WEB https://github.com/haxtheweb/haxcms-nodejs/commit/317a8ae29f88be389f7cfeffaef416957122d97e
- WEB https://github.com/haxtheweb/haxcms-nodejs/releases/tag/v25.0.0
- PACKAGE https://github.com/haxtheweb/issues
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