CVE-2025-1393
Published: 05 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-1393 is a critical-severity Use of Hard-coded Credentials (CWE-798) vulnerability in Certvde (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 29.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 IA-5 (Authenticator Management) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-1393 is a use of hard-coded credentials vulnerability (CWE-798) that affects an unspecified product. An unauthenticated remote attacker can leverage the embedded credentials to obtain full administrative privileges, reflected in the CVSS 9.8 score indicating network-exploitable impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability without any required authentication or user interaction.
Any remote attacker with network access to the affected product can exploit the flaw to achieve complete administrative control. The published description explicitly states that no authentication is needed, enabling straightforward remote takeover.
The single referenced advisory at certvde.com provides vendor guidance on the issue, though specific mitigation steps such as credential removal or patch availability are not detailed in the supplied information.
EPSS values show a rise from a low baseline to a recorded peak of 0.0119 before settling at the current 0.0061, indicating emerging exploitation interest after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-6032
Vulnerability details
An unauthenticated remote attacker can use hard-coded credentials to gain full administration privileges on the affected product.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The vulnerability description directly describes remote unauthenticated exploitation of a public-facing product via hardcoded credentials to obtain full administrative access, mapping to T1190 for the exploitation method and T1078 for leveraging the resulting valid accounts.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly mitigates this CVE by requiring timely identification, reporting, and correction of the hard-coded credentials flaw through patching as detailed in the advisory.
Prevents exploitation of hard-coded credentials by mandating proper authenticator management, including changing defaults and protecting against unauthorized use.
Reduces risk by requiring management of all accounts to disable unnecessary privileged ones and ensure unique authenticators, addressing potential hard-coded admin accounts.