# CVE-2025-54832: OPEXUS FOIAXpress Public Access Link (PAL) state and territory list unauthorized modification

> An authenticated user can unauthorizedly modify the state and territory list in OPEXUS FOIAXpress Public Access Link.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 31 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w5m4-3739-7jcj

## What is CVE-2025-54832?

CVE-2025-54832 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in OPEXUS FOIAXpress Public Access Link (PAL), published on 31 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

OPEXUS FOIAXpress Public Access Link (PAL), version v11.1.0, allows an authenticated user to add entries to the list of states and territories.

Weakness: CWE-472 (External Control of Assumed-Immutable Web Parameter)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-54832?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Opexustech Foiaxpress Public Access Link.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-54832?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-54832 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-54832 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-54832 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in OPEXUS FOIAXpress Public Access Link (PAL)

- [CVE-2025-58462](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-58462/): OPEXUS FOIAXpress PAL SQL injection (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2024-53553](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53553/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2025-54833](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-54833/): OPEXUS FOIAXpress Public Access Link (PAL) account-lockout and CAPTCHA protection bypass (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-54834](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-54834/): OPEXUS FOIAXpress Public Access Link (PAL) unauthenticated username enumeration (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-54832 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-54832 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in OPEXUS FOIAXpress Public Access Link (PAL), published on 31 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-54832 exists.

Affected product: OPEXUS FOIAXpress Public Access Link (PAL). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-54832/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-54832/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54832
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54832
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-54832

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-54832/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.