Creativeitem Academy LMS up to and including 6.14 uses a hardcoded default JWT secret for token signing.

published 2025-10-15 last yr. modified 2026-11-05 4d ago also EUVD-2025-34618

cvss: 9.4; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 41%
public exploits: 0; none known

Creativeitem Academy LMS up to and including 6.14 uses a hardcoded default JWT secret for token signing. This predictable secret allows attackers to forge valid JWT tokens, leading to authentication bypass and unauthorized access to any user account.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: last yr. (2025-10-15)

Exploit prediction

0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

suryadina.com https://suryadina.com/academy-lms-jwt-secret-7k9m2x4p8q/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	9.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
CNA	3.1	9.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Classification

Weakness

CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

suryadina.com /academy-lms-jwt-secret-7k9m2x4p8q/
exploit, mitigation, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-56749
NVD CVE-2025-56749

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