Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-2442

Medium

Published: 09 April 2025

Published
09 April 2025
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v4 5.4 CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0017 37.7th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-2442 is a medium-severity Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default (CWE-1188) vulnerability in Schneider Electric (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 37.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

CWE-1188: Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default vulnerability exists that could potentially lead to unauthorized access which could result in the loss of confidentially, integrity and availability when a malicious user, having physical access, sets the radio to…

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the factory default mode.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

Schneider Electric
inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

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.

addresses: CWE-1188

Requires documented secure initialization practices and avoidance of insecure defaults in configuration baselines.

addresses: CWE-1188

Reviewing and updating baseline when components are installed or upgraded prevents initialization with insecure defaults.

addresses: CWE-1188

Requiring explicit configuration to minimal functionality overrides insecure defaults that would otherwise enable excess capabilities.

addresses: CWE-1188

Tailoring replaces or augments insecure default initializations with system-specific values and compensating controls before deployment.

addresses: CWE-1188

Central configuration overrides or replaces insecure default initializations that would otherwise be left unchanged on each system.

addresses: CWE-1188

SCRM practices during acquisition and configuration management address insecure default initializations shipped by vendors.

addresses: CWE-1188

Scans detect resources initialized with insecure defaults that create exploitable conditions.

addresses: CWE-1188

Instruction on secure initialization of security controls prevents leaving resources with insecure defaults after installation.

References