Is CVE-2025-43712 exploited in the wild?

No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-43712 being exploited in the wild.

How severe is CVE-2025-43712?

Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 25 July 2025.

Which products and versions are affected?

generator-jhipster (npm) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=8.9.0.

Is there a fix for CVE-2025-43712?

Yes. generator-jhipster (npm): upgrade to 8.9.0 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

How is CVE-2025-43712 attacked?

It is attacked with local access.

Am I affected by CVE-2025-43712?

Check whether you run generator-jhipster (npm) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

CVE-2025-43712: JHipster privilege escalation via response manipulation

CVE-2025-43712 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2025-07-25

JHipster is a development platform and code generator for building web applications. This vulnerability allowed attackers to intercept and modify authentication responses to change their user role from standard user to administrator, bypassing server-side authorization checks. However, this advisory has been withdrawn by the JHipster project as the original report was found to be invalid.

Technologies: generator-jhipster (npm). Vendors: npm.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2025-43712 exploited in the wild?: No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-43712 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2025-43712?: Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 25 July 2025.
Which products and versions are affected?: generator-jhipster (npm) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=8.9.0.
Is there a fix for CVE-2025-43712?: Yes. generator-jhipster (npm): upgrade to 8.9.0 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
How is CVE-2025-43712 attacked?: It is attacked with local access.
Am I affected by CVE-2025-43712?: Check whether you run generator-jhipster (npm) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

generator-jhipster (npm): upgrade to 8.9.0 or later
```
npm install generator-jhipster@8.9.0
```

Technical details

The vulnerability was initially reported as an improper access control issue (CWE-284, CWE-451) where the authentication endpoint (/api/account) returned a user's role information (authorities parameter) in the response without proper server-side verification. An attacker could intercept the authentication response, modify the authorities array from ROLE_USER to ROLE_ADMIN, and forward the modified response to the application. The attack required client-side response manipulation (local attack vector), no authentication, and no user interaction. However, the JHipster development team determined through investigation that the original vulnerability report was invalid and withdrew the advisory on 2025-08-04.

Affected products

JHipster generator-jhipster before 8.9.0

Identifiers

CVE-2025-43712
GHSA-cmm8-gw4m-26cw

Timeline

2025-07-25: disclosed
2025-08-04: advisory: Advisory withdrawn as original report found to be invalid

References

https://firecompass.com/cve-2025-43712-jhipster-platform-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-discovered-by-firecompass-research-added-to-nist

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