HireFlow: Use of Hard-coded Credentials

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-45336
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerGitHub_M
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-07-16 18:16:43 UTC
Updated2026-07-17 19:17:14 UTC
DescriptionHireFlow is a web-based interview management system for managing candidates, scheduling interviews, and tracking hiring progress. In 1.2 and earlier, app.py assigns a hard-coded Flask secret_key used to sign session cookies, allowing unauthenticated attackers who know the public source value to forge cookies containing role=admin and user_id values and bypass authentication. The advisory lists version 1.3 as fixed.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 10 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

EPSS: 0.004280000 probability, percentile 0.347970000 (date 2026-07-20)

Problem Types: CWE-798 | CWE-798 CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary10CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
3.1CNADECLARED10CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA StratonWebDesigners HireFlow affected < 1.3 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/StratonWebDesigners/HireFlow/releases/tag/v1.3 [email protected] github.com
github.com/StratonWebDesigners/HireFlow/security/advisories/GHSA-x53g-jr... 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 github.com
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