Insufficiently Protected CredentialsWeakness · CWE-522

CVE-2025-41682

HIGH · 8.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-09-08
Mitigation only
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94/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable Zero-click

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 · unedited
An authenticated, low-privileged attacker can obtain credentials stored on the charge controller including the manufacturer password.

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 confidence

An authenticated, low-privileged attacker can exploit an insecure credential storage mechanism in the charge controller to retrieve stored credentials, including the manufacturer password. This allows privilege escalation and potential unauthorized access to the system or connected infrastructure.

MitigationApply vendor-supplied firmware updates that address improper credential storage; immediately change default manufacturer passwords and rotate any exposed credentials.

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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
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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 checks

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  1. Identify the device type
    Confirm that the system in question is a charge controller device (such as an EV charging station controller, solar charge controller, or industrial battery charging system). Check device documentation, model numbers, or administrative interfaces for product classification.
    Affected if The device is a charge controller product.
  2. Verify low-privileged access exists
    Check if user accounts with limited/standard privileges exist on the system. Review user role configurations, permission settings, or API access controls to confirm non-administrator accounts can authenticate.
    Affected if Low-privileged or standard user accounts are provisioned on the charge controller.
  3. Inspect credential storage location
    Examine configuration files, databases, or memory locations where credentials are stored on the device. Look for files related to user accounts, authentication, or password storage (e.g., config.xml, users.db, credential store files).
    Affected if Credential storage files or databases are present and accessible on the device.
  4. Check credential storage security
    Open and inspect credential storage files to determine if passwords are stored in plaintext, reversible encoding, weak hashing, or unencrypted format. Compare the stored credential format against secure storage standards (e.g., salted hashes, proper encryption).
    Affected if Credentials (including manufacturer or admin passwords) are stored in plaintext, reversible encoding, or weak encryption rather than salted secure hashes.
  5. Verify manufacturer password status
    Determine if the default manufacturer password remains unchanged. Check if the stored credential matches known vendor defaults or review authentication logs for manufacturer-level access attempts.
    Affected if The manufacturer or default admin password is still set to a vendor default value.

A user is affected if they operate a charge controller where low-privileged authenticated users can access insecurely stored credentials, including the manufacturer password.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Apply vendor-supplied firmware updates that address improper credential storage; immediately change default manufacturer passwords and rotate any exposed credentials.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Testing6.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
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