CVE-2025-12049
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 · uneditedMissing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability in Sharp Display Solutions Media Player MP-01 All Verisons allows a attacker may access to the web interface of the affected product without authentication and change settings or perform other operations, and deliver content from the authoring software to the affected product without authentication.
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 · moderate confidenceSharp Display Solutions Media Player MP-01 contains a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in its web interface. An unauthenticated attacker can directly access the web interface, modify device settings, and inject content from the authoring software to the display device. This affects all versions of the MP-01 media player.
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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 dataall versionsCVSS 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:3.1/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 Sharp MP-01 device on networkCheck device model/firmware version via web interface login page, device documentation, or network discovery (e.g., nmap service fingerprinting on HTTP ports 80/443)Affected if Device is confirmed to be a Sharp MP-01 media player with any firmware version
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Verify web interface accessibilityAttempt HTTP/HTTPS access to the device IP address from an untrusted network segment. Check if the web interface loads without requiring login credentialsAffected if Web interface loads and displays device controls or login page without any authentication challenge
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Test authentication enforcement on endpointsDirect browser or curl request to common web interface paths such as /, /admin, /settings, /content, or /api without providing any session cookies or credentialsAffected if Any endpoint returns device configuration, control panels, or accepts content submissions without authentication error
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Check network exposureReview firewall rules, VLAN membership, or network ACLs to determine if the device web interface is reachable from untrusted networks (internet, guest networks, or DMZ)Affected if Device web interface is accessible from any network zone outside of a dedicated management VLAN
If the device is a Sharp MP-01 and its web interface is reachable from the network without authentication, the environment is affected by this CVE.
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 dataImplement proper authentication enforcement on all web interface endpoints and content delivery channels. If a patch is unavailable, restrict network access to the device via firewall or VLAN segmentation to minimize exposure.
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