CVE-2025-69971
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 · uneditedFUXA v1.2.7 contains a hard-coded credential vulnerability in server/api/jwt-helper.js. The application uses a hard-coded secret key to sign and verify JWT Tokens. This allows remote attackers to forge valid admin tokens and bypass authentication to gain full administrative access.
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 · high confidenceFUXA v1.2.7 uses a hard-coded secret key in server/api/jwt-helper.js to sign and verify JWT tokens. Attackers who discover this static secret can forge administrative JWT tokens and bypass authentication entirely, gaining full admin access to the application.
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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= 1.2.7CVSS 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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Check FUXA versionLocate the package.json file in the FUXA installation directory and read the 'version' field, or run 'npm list fuxa' if installed via npmAffected if Version is exactly 1.2.7
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Locate jwt-helper.js fileNavigate to server/api/jwt-helper.js in the FUXA installation directory and open the file for inspectionAffected if File exists at server/api/jwt-helper.js in the installation
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Inspect for hard-coded JWT secretSearch within jwt-helper.js for any hard-coded string literals assigned to variables like 'secret', 'jwtSecret', 'key', or similar that appear to be static strings rather than references to process.env variables or external configurationAffected if A static string value (not referencing process.env or configuration) is used to sign/verify JWT tokens
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Check if environment variable is usedReview jwt-helper.js to see whether JWT secret is loaded from process.env or similar environment-based configuration, versus a hard-coded string literalAffected if The secret is a hard-coded string literal and NOT loaded from environment variables
You are affected if running FUXA version 1.2.7 and server/api/jwt-helper.js contains a hard-coded static string used for JWT signing instead of referencing an environment variable.
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 dataReplace the hard-coded JWT secret with a securely generated, unique secret stored in environment variables or a secrets management system, then rotate the compromised key and invalidate existing sessions.
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