CVE-2025-52351
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 · uneditedAikaan IoT management platform v3.25.0325-5-g2e9c59796 sends a newly generated password to users in plaintext via email and also includes the same password as a query parameter in the account activation URL (e.g., https://domain.com/activate=xyz). This practice can result in password exposure via browser history, proxy logs, referrer headers, and email caching. The vulnerability impacts user credential confidentiality during initial onboarding.
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 confidenceThe Aikaan IoT management platform v3.25.0325-5-g2e9c59796 exposes newly generated user passwords by sending them in plaintext via email and embedding them as query parameters in account activation URLs. This exposes credentials through browser history, proxy logs, referrer headers, and email caching 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
- 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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Aikaan IoT platform versionLocate and read the version file or check the platform's 'About' or 'System Information' page. Compare the installed version to the affected release: v3.25.0325-5-g2e9c59796Affected if The installed version matches or predates v3.25.0325-5-g2e9c59796
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Review account activation email templatesAccess the email template configuration for user welcome/activation emails. Examine the email body for plaintext passwords or password variables that get replaced with actual passwords before sendingAffected if Activation emails contain plaintext user passwords in the message body
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Inspect account activation URL constructionTrace the user account creation flow and examine the activation link generated. Look for password values passed as query parameters in the URL (for example, '?password=...' or similar)Affected if The activation URL includes the user's password as a query string parameter
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Check email server logs for password exposureReview outgoing email server logs or mail transfer agent logs for entries containing user credentials in the message content or headersAffected if Logs show plaintext passwords in email content or metadata
You are affected if your Aikaan IoT platform version is v3.25.0325-5-g2e9c59796 or earlier AND your activation emails or URLs expose plaintext passwords to users or logging systems.
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 the password-as-URL-parameter pattern with a unique, time-limited activation token sent via email, then require users to set their own password through a secure form after clicking the activation link.
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