CVE-2025-54303
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 · uneditedThe Thermo Fisher Torrent Suite Django application 5.18.1 has weak default credentials, which are stored as fixtures for the Django ORM API. The ionadmin user account can be used to authenticate to default deployments with the password ionadmin. The user guide recommends changing default credentials; however, a password change policy for default administrative accounts is not enforced. Many deployments may retain default credentials, in which case an attacker is likely to be able to successfully authenticate with administrative 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 · high confidenceThe Thermo Fisher Torrent Suite Django application 5.18.1 ships with hardcoded default credentials (ionadmin/ionadmin) stored as Django ORM fixtures. Since the application does not enforce password changes for default administrative accounts, attackers can easily authenticate with full administrative privileges to any deployment that has not changed these credentials.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 5.18.1CVSS 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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed Thermo Fisher Torrent Suite versionCheck the application's version information, typically found in the UI footer, about page, or by querying the system via 'sudo rpm -q torrent-suite' or 'dpkg -l | grep torrent-suite' depending on Linux distributionAffected if Version reported is 5.18.1
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Verify if default ionadmin account existsQuery the Django database for user accounts: connect to the PostgreSQL/MySQL database used by Torrent Suite and run 'SELECT username, is_staff, is_superuser FROM auth_user;' to check if the ionadmin account is presentAffected if User 'ionadmin' exists with is_staff=True and is_superuser=True privileges
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Test default credential still worksAttempt to log into the Torrent Suite web interface using the credentials ionadmin/ionadmin at the /api/login endpoint or the main login pageAffected if Authentication succeeds with default password, indicating credentials were not changed
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Check password change enforcement configurationInspect the Django settings file (settings.py) or configuration files in /opt/torrent/config/ for PASSWORD_CHANGE_REQUIRED or similar flags, or check the user profile table for a 'must_change_password' fieldAffected if No enforcement mechanism exists or the ionadmin user record shows password never been changed since installation
You are affected if running Torrent Suite Software version 5.18.1 AND the ionadmin account with default password ionadmin/ionadmin can still authenticate with administrative 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 dataImmediately change the default ionadmin password on all affected installations and implement a password policy that enforces changes to default administrative credentials upon first login.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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