CVE-2025-4130
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 · uneditedUse of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability in PAVO Inc. PAVO Pay allows Read Sensitive Constants Within an Executable. This issue affects PAVO Pay: before 13.05.2025.
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 confidencePAVO Pay contains hard-coded credentials embedded within its executable file. Attackers can extract these credentials by analyzing the binary, potentially gaining unauthorized access to the application or associated systems.
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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
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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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Locate PAVO Pay executableSearch for the pavopay executable on the system. On Windows use 'where /r C:\ pavopay.exe' or 'Get-ChildItem -Path C:\ -Recurse -Filter *pavopay* -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue'. On Linux use 'find / -name "*pavopay*" 2>/dev/null'Affected if PAVO Pay executable is found on the system
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Determine installed versionRight-click the executable, select Properties, and view the Version tab. Alternatively, attempt to run 'pavopay --version' or 'pavopay -v' from the command line if supportedAffected if Version cannot be determined or the version was released before the May 13, 2025 patch date
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Extract readable strings from the binaryUse the strings command to extract printable strings from the executable. On Windows: 'strings pavopay.exe'. On Linux: 'strings pavopay'. Search for credential patterns such as 'password', 'passwd', 'secret', 'key', 'token', 'api', 'auth'Affected if Hard-coded strings resembling passwords, API keys, tokens, database credentials, or other secrets are found embedded in the binary
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Check executable file timestampCheck the file modification date. On Windows use 'dir pavopay.exe | findstr pavopay'. On Linux use 'stat pavopay'. Compare the last-modified timestamp to May 13, 2025Affected if The executable was compiled or last modified before May 13, 2025, suggesting it likely contains the unpatched hard-coded credentials
The environment is affected if PAVO Pay is installed and the executable contains embedded hard-coded credentials, or if the version predates the May 13, 2025 patch date
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 dataReplace hard-coded credentials with secure credential management (environment variables, secrets vaults, or configuration files outside the codebase), rotate any exposed credentials, and update to the patched version released on or after May 13, 2025.
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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.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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