Incorrect Authorization Affecting generator-jhipster package, versions *
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- published27 Jul 2025
- disclosed25 Jul 2025
- creditHritik Godara
Introduced: 25 Jul 2025
NewCVE-2025-43712 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for generator-jhipster.
Overview
generator-jhipster is a development platform to generate, develop and deploy Spring Boot + Angular / React / Vue Web applications and Spring microservices.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization via the authorities parameter in the response from the api/account endpoint. An attacker can gain elevated privileges by modifying the value of the authorities parameter for ROLE_USER to ROLE_ADMIN.
Note: The reporter of this vulnerability claims that the project maintainers do not intend to release a fix.