Hard-coded CredentialsWeakness · CWE-798

CVE-2025-48414

MEDIUM · 6.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-05-21
Mitigation only
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74/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
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
There are several scripts in the web interface that are accessible via undocumented hard-coded credentials. The scripts provide access to additional administrative/debug functionality and are likely intended for debugging during development and provides an additional attack surface.

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

Multiple scripts in the web interface contain undocumented hard-coded credentials that provide access to administrative and debug functionality. These appear to be development remnants left in production that create an unauthorized access path. An attacker with knowledge of these credentials can bypass normal authentication to reach privileged debug features.

MitigationIdentify and remove all hard-coded credentials and unused debug scripts from the web interface; disable or restrict any debugging functionality in production deployments.

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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
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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Locate web interface scripts in your deployment
    Identify the web server document root, CGI directories, or application script directories where web interface files are hosted. Common locations include /var/www/html, /www, /htdocs, or application-specific web directories.
    Affected if Web interface scripts exist and are accessible via HTTP/HTTPS
  2. Search for hardcoded credentials in scripts
    Use grep or similar tools to search within all web scripts for suspicious patterns such as hardcoded usernames/passwords, base64-encoded credentials, debug accounts, or undocumented authentication tokens. Look for strings like 'password=', 'admin', 'debug', 'backdoor', or credential-like patterns.
    Affected if Undocumented hardcoded credentials are found in any web script
  3. Identify undocumented admin or debug functionality
    Review all scripts for functions that provide administrative access, debug panels, system configuration pages, or privileged operations. Check for hidden parameters, debug flags, or conditional logic that bypasses normal authentication.
    Affected if Scripts contain admin or debug functionality accessible without proper authentication
  4. Check for debug endpoints or development remnants
    Enumerate web interface routes and parameters. Look for debug-related paths such as /debug, /test, /admin/debug, /diagnostics, or similar. Verify if these endpoints are accessible without authentication.
    Affected if Debug endpoints or development test pages are exposed and accessible
  5. Verify authentication bypass conditions
    Analyze the authentication and authorization logic in web scripts. Identify any code paths that grant access based on hardcoded credentials or that skip authentication checks entirely for certain functions.
    Affected if Authentication can be bypassed using undocumented credentials or methods

Your environment is affected if web interface scripts contain undocumented hardcoded credentials or allow unauthorized access to administrative/debug functionality.

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

Identify and remove all hard-coded credentials and unused debug scripts from the web interface; disable or restrict any debugging functionality in production deployments.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation3.0 h
  • Implementation6.0 h
  • Testing4.0 h
  • Review / QA3.0 h
16.0 hours of engineering $2,820
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