CVE-2018-1000625
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedBattelle V2I Hub 2.5.1 contains hard-coded credentials for the administrative account. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to log in as an admin on any installation and gain unauthorized access to the system.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceBattelle V2I Hub 2.5.1 contains hard-coded credentials embedded in the application code or configuration for the administrative account. This allows any attacker with knowledge of these credentials to authenticate as an administrator to any affected installation of the software, bypassing authentication controls.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 2.5.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed V2I Hub versionCheck the application version through its installation directory, startup logs, or version file. Look for any file named version.txt, about, or similar that displays the software version.Affected if The installed version is exactly 2.5.1
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Locate V2I Hub configuration filesSearch the installation directory for configuration files such as config.xml, settings.xml, application.properties, web.config, or any .conf files that store application settings.Affected if Hard-coded credentials are found in any configuration file within the V2I Hub installation directory
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Inspect administrative account definitionsExamine configuration files and any database connection files for entries defining administrative users, such as <admin>, <user> with elevated privileges, or service accounts with admin-level access.Affected if Credentials (usernames and passwords) for administrative accounts are stored in plain text or encoded without encryption in configuration files
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Search application code for embedded credentialsIf source code or scripts are accessible within the installation, search for hard-coded strings matching patterns like 'password=', 'admin', 'credentials', or base64-encoded strings that decode to administrative credentials.Affected if Hard-coded credentials for the administrative account are found embedded directly in application code or scripts
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Review backup or default configuration filesCheck for backup copies of configuration files (e.g., config.xml.bak, .old, .default) that may contain default administrative credentials.Affected if Backup or default configuration files contain administrative credentials not exposed in the current active configuration
You are affected if V2I Hub version 2.5.1 is installed and any administrative credentials are found hard-coded in configuration files, application code, or backup files within the installation directory.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataRemove hard-coded credentials from the application code and configuration files, implement secure credential management (e.g., externalized secrets, environment variables, or a secrets vault), and force password changes for all administrative accounts.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2018-1000625 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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