How does this vulnerability affect compliance with common standards and regulations (like GDPR, HIPAA)?:

The SSRF vulnerability in HAXcms allows authenticated users to read arbitrary internal files and access internal network resources, potentially exposing sensitive and confidential information.

Such unauthorized data access and exposure can lead to violations of data protection regulations and standards like GDPR and HIPAA, which require strict controls over personal and sensitive data confidentiality and integrity.

Therefore, exploitation of this vulnerability could result in non-compliance with these regulations due to unauthorized disclosure or access to protected data.

Useful 0 Not Useful 0

Can you explain this vulnerability to me?

CVE-2026-46393 is a high-severity Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability found in HAXcms versions 25.0.0 and below, affecting both the Node.js and PHP implementations.

The vulnerability exists in the createSite endpoint, specifically in the build.files parameter, which allows authenticated users to supply arbitrary URLs or local file paths without proper validation.

This input is processed server-side using file_get_contents(), enabling attackers to fetch internal resources, local files, or cloud metadata endpoints and write the responses to a web-accessible directory.

Exploitation requires an authenticated session with valid JWT and CSRF tokens.

Useful 0 Not Useful 0

How can this vulnerability impact me? :

This vulnerability can lead to unauthorized data access by allowing attackers to read sensitive internal files and resources.

Attackers can access internal network services and potentially exfiltrate cloud credentials by fetching cloud metadata endpoints.

The vulnerability bypasses standard upload validation, increasing the risk of system compromise and exposure of confidential information.

Useful 0 Not Useful 0

How can this vulnerability be detected on my network or system? Can you suggest some commands?

This SSRF vulnerability can be detected by monitoring for unusual requests to the createSite endpoint, especially those including the build.files parameter with arbitrary URLs or local file paths.

Detection can involve checking server logs for authenticated requests that attempt to fetch internal or cloud metadata URLs.

Since exploitation requires valid JWT and CSRF tokens, commands to inspect active sessions or tokens might help identify suspicious activity.

• Use web server access logs to grep for requests to the createSite endpoint with suspicious parameters, e.g.:
• grep 'createSite' /var/log/nginx/access.log | grep 'build.files='
• Monitor outgoing HTTP requests from the server to internal IP ranges or cloud metadata endpoints (e.g., 169.254.169.254 for AWS).
• Use network monitoring tools like tcpdump or Wireshark to capture and analyze traffic for unexpected internal resource access.

Useful 0 Not Useful 0

What immediate steps should I take to mitigate this vulnerability?

The immediate mitigation step is to upgrade HAXcms to version 26.0.0 or later, where the vulnerability has been fixed.

Until the upgrade can be applied, restrict access to the createSite endpoint to trusted users only and monitor for suspicious activity.

Ensure that JWT and CSRF tokens are securely managed and consider invalidating existing tokens to prevent exploitation.

Implement network-level restrictions to prevent the server from making unauthorized requests to internal or cloud metadata services.

Useful 0 Not Useful 0