CVE-2025-47945 Donetick Has Weak Default JWT Secret
Donetick uses a weak default JWT secret, allowing attackers to forge tokens and achieve full account takeover of any user.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-47945?
CVE-2025-47945 is a critical vulnerability in donetick, published on 17 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Donetick an open-source app for managing tasks and chores. Prior to version 0.1.44, the application uses JSON Web Tokens (JWT) for authentication, but the signing secret has a weak default value. While the responsibility is left to the system administrator to change it, this approach is inadequate. The vulnerability is proven by existence of the issue in the live version as well. This issue can result in full account takeover of any user. Version 0.1.44 contains a patch.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-47945?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Donetick Donetick.
How do I fix CVE-2025-47945?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-47945 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-47945 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-47945 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hjjg-vw4j-986x.