CVE-2025-41710
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 may use hardcodes credentials to get access to the previously activated FTP Server with limited read and write privileges.
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 · low confidenceThis vulnerability allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to access an FTP server using hardcoded credentials. The attacker gains limited read and write privileges to the FTP service that was previously activated.
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
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/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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Verify if FTP server is enabledCheck your product's configuration files, startup scripts, or service manager for any FTP-related daemon or module that is activated or listening on port 21 (or configured FTP ports)Affected if FTP server functionality is turned on and accepting connections
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Locate FTP configuration filesSearch the filesystem for configuration files named ftp.conf, ftpd.conf, or similar that may contain FTP server settings in common config directories (/etc, /opt, application config folders)Affected if FTP configuration files exist and the service is active
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Identify hardcoded credentialsOpen the FTP configuration files and inspect for embedded username and password pairs (look for fields like ftp_user, ftp_password, admin_user, default_password, or similar credential entries stored in plain text)Affected if Hardcoded username and password values are found in FTP configuration
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Test FTP access with default credentialsAttempt to connect to the FTP service using common default credential pairs (root/admin, ftp/ftp, anonymous/anonymous) or credentials found in configuration filesAffected if Connection succeeds with embedded credentials without requiring proper external authentication
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Check FTP user privilegesAfter successful login via hardcoded credentials, verify what directories are accessible and whether read and write operations are permittedAffected if The account obtained via hardcoded credentials has read and write access to FTP directories
Your environment is affected if the FTP server is enabled and contains hardcoded credentials that allow unauthenticated or default credential-based access with read/write privileges.
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 or change the hardcoded credentials immediately. If the FTP server is not required, disable it. Otherwise, implement proper credential management such as environment variables, a secrets manager, or strong authentication mechanisms.
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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-2025-41710 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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