Hard-coded CredentialsWeakness · CWE-798

CVE-2025-46274

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-04-24
Mitigation only
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges 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
UNI-NMS-Lite uses hard-coded credentials that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to read, manipulate and create entries in the managed database.

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 · high confidence

UNI-NMS-Lite contains hard-coded credentials embedded in its codebase or configuration that bypass authentication entirely, allowing any unauthenticated remote attacker to directly access the application's managed database with full read, write, and create permissions.

MitigationImmediately remove hard-coded credentials and implement proper credential management (e.g., secrets management, environment variables, or integrated authentication). Restrict database access permissions to least privilege and audit all access logs for exploitation indicators.

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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
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 checks

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  1. Identify UNI-NMS-Lite installation
    Locate the UNI-NMS-Lite application directory or check running processes for the NMS application. Common paths may include /opt/uninms-lite, /var/www/uninms-lite, or the application's installation root directory.
    Affected if UNI-NMS-Lite is present in the environment
  2. Search for hard-coded credentials in configuration files
    Inspect configuration files in the application root for embedded usernames and passwords. Look in files such as config.php, config.xml, .env, database.conf, or similar configuration files. Search for patterns like 'password=', 'username=', 'db_user', 'db_pass', or literal credential strings.
    Affected if Hard-coded database credentials (username/password) are found in any configuration file
  3. Examine source code for embedded credentials
    Search the application source code for hard-coded strings that resemble credentials. Use grep or similar tools to search for keywords like 'password', 'passwd', 'pwd', 'credential', and inspect any found strings for database login details.
    Affected if Database credentials are hard-coded directly in source code files
  4. Verify database connectivity with embedded credentials
    Attempt to connect to the managed database using the credentials found in the configuration or code. Test if the application database accepts connections without requiring additional authentication from the application layer.
    Affected if The database accepts connections using the hard-coded credentials and grants full read/write/create permissions
  5. Check database user permissions
    After connecting with the hard-coded credentials, query the database to confirm the associated user has elevated permissions. Check if the user can read all tables, write to any table, and create new objects.
    Affected if The database user associated with hard-coded credentials has unrestricted read, write, and create permissions

The environment is affected if UNI-NMS-Lite is installed and hard-coded database credentials are found in configuration files or source code that allow full database access without authentication.

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

Immediately remove hard-coded credentials and implement proper credential management (e.g., secrets management, environment variables, or integrated authentication). Restrict database access permissions to least privilege and audit all access logs for exploitation indicators.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Implementation12.0 h
  • Testing6.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
28.0 hours of engineering $4,980
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