CVE-2025-1393
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 · uneditedAn unauthenticated remote attacker can use hard-coded credentials to gain full administration privileges on the affected product.
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 confidenceThe vulnerability allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to gain full administrative privileges on the affected product by exploiting hard-coded credentials embedded in the software. The CVSS 9.8 score reflects the trivial exploitability combined with complete system compromise potential.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS 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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Search codebase for hard-coded credentialsSearch source code, configuration files, and scripts for patterns matching password=, api_key=, secret=, token=, and hard-coded strings that resemble credentials (e.g., grep -r 'password.*=' --include='*.php' --include='*.py' --include='*.js' .)Affected if Any hard-coded passwords, API keys, tokens, or secret values are found in the codebase
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Identify administrative account credentialsExamine user authentication modules, database seed scripts, or setup files for admin account definitions with embedded passwords (look for admin, root, or administrator user creation code with password parameters)Affected if Default administrative accounts exist with hard-coded passwords that cannot be changed or are identical across installations
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Check for credential-related code patternsReview code for functions that validate credentials against hard-coded strings rather than dynamic credential stores (search for comparisons like 'if (password == "...")' or similar hard-coded password checks)Affected if Authentication logic compares input against hard-coded credential values instead of querying a secure credential store
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Inspect configuration files for embedded secretsReview configuration files (config.php, application.properties, settings.json, .env files if applicable) for embedded password or secret values that are not environment variablesAffected if Configuration files contain hard-coded password or secret values rather than references to environment variables or secrets management systems
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Verify administrative interface exposureDetermine if the administrative interface or API endpoints are accessible from unauthenticated network locations (check firewall rules, network ACLs, and service bind addresses)Affected if Administrative interfaces are exposed to unauthenticated network access without VPN or IP restrictions
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Check for credential reuse or static secretsExamine whether the same hard-coded credential is used across multiple installations or cannot be rotated without code changesAffected if The same hard-coded credential is used universally and is not unique per installation or cannot be changed without modifying source code
If hard-coded credentials that grant administrative access are present in the codebase or configuration, and the administrative interface is network-accessible to unauthenticated users, the environment is affected by CVE-2025-1393.
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 dataImmediately identify and remove all hard-coded credentials from the codebase, implement proper authentication mechanisms, rotate any exposed credentials, and conduct a comprehensive audit for additional hidden backdoor 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-2025-1393 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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