Description
HireFlow 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.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
X_Refsource_Confirm x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/StratonWebDesigners/HireFlow/security/advisories/GHSA-x53g-jr84-jrv5
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/StratonWebDesigners/HireFlow/releases/tag/v1.3
Scores
CVSS v3
10.0
EPSS
0.0043
EPSS Percentile
35.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-798
Status
published
Products (1)
StratonWebDesigners/HireFlow
< 1.3
Published
Jul 16, 2026
Tracked Since
Jul 16, 2026