CVE-2025-12871
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe a+HRD developed by aEnrich has an Authentication Abuse vulnerability, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to craft administrator access tokens and use them to access the system with elevated privileges.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThe a+HRD application by aEnrich contains an authentication abuse vulnerability where the token generation or validation mechanism can be bypassed, allowing unauthenticated attackers to craft valid administrator-level access tokens and gain elevated privileges without valid credentials.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 7.5CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the installed a+HRD versionLocate the version information for your aEnrich a+HRD installation through the application's admin panel, version info page, or installation documentationAffected if The installed version is 7.5 or lower
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Verify if token generation endpoints are exposedReview your web server or application configuration to identify any endpoints related to token generation, authentication, or login that are accessible without authenticationAffected if Token generation or authentication endpoints are accessible from untrusted networks without authentication requirements
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Inspect token issuance configurationExamine the application's authentication configuration files or settings to determine how access tokens are generated and whether server-side validation is enforcedAffected if Token generation does not require server-side validation or uses weak/predictable algorithms
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Test for token generation bypassUsing a controlled test environment, attempt to craft an administrator-level access token without providing valid credentials to see if the token is accepted by the applicationAffected if The application accepts manually crafted tokens as valid administrator sessions without validating against a trusted token store
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Review token validation logicCheck the application's source code or configuration for the token validation routine to confirm it properly verifies tokens against the server's authentication state before granting accessAffected if The validation logic allows tokens to be accepted without proper server-side verification of credential validity
You are affected if you are running aEnrich a+HRD version 7.5 or lower and your environment allows token generation or validation to be bypassed.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement cryptographically secure token generation with proper validation, enforce server-side authentication checks, and review token issuance logic to prevent unauthorized admin token creation.
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