CVE-2025-15371
Published: 31 December 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-15371 is a high-severity Use of Hard-coded Password (CWE-259) vulnerability in Com (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 8.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 2.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-205867
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability has been found in Tenda i24, 4G03 Pro, 4G05, 4G08, G0-8G-PoE, Nova MW5G and TEG5328F up to 65.10.15.6. Affected is an unknown function of the component Shadow File. Such manipulation with the input Fireitup leads to hard-coded credentials.…
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An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Changing default authenticators prior to first use directly prevents use of hard-coded passwords.
Intelligence programs surface reports of campaigns that abuse hard-coded credentials in products, prompting removal or replacement and thereby reducing successful exploitation.
Vetting reduces the chance a developer will deliberately insert hard-coded credentials as a backdoor or unauthorized access mechanism.
Supplier risk reviews identify and discourage hard-coded credentials in delivered products or services.
Enables users to notice when hard-coded credentials have been exploited for unauthorized access.
Security training explicitly warns against hard-coded credentials, lowering their use in systems.
Policy and procedures prohibit hard-coded credentials in favor of managed authentication.
External identity providers eliminate the need for hard-coded credentials in applications.