Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-4552

Auth Bypass in Continew Admin ≤ 3.6.0

Public PoCAuth Bypass
Published
12 May 2025
Modified
17 June 2026
CVSS Score v4 5.3
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/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 0.0053 42th percentile
Risk Priority 33 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-4552 is a medium-severity Unverified Password Change (CWE-620) vulnerability in Continew Continew Admin. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Account Manipulation (T1098); ranked at the 42th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to IA-11 (Re-authentication) and IA-12 (Identity Proofing) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A07:2025 Authentication Failures

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

A vulnerability has been found in ContiNew Admin up to 3.6.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /dev-api/system/user/1/password. The manipulation leads to unverified password change. The attack can be launched remotely.…

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The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

CWE(s)
CWE-620CWE-640

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1098 Account Manipulation Persistence
Adversaries may manipulate accounts to maintain and/or elevate access to victim systems.
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T1098.001 Additional Cloud Credentials Persistence
Adversaries may add adversary-controlled credentials to a cloud account to maintain persistent access to victim accounts and instances within the environment.
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T1078 Valid Accounts Stealth
Adversaries may obtain and abuse credentials of existing accounts as a means of gaining Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation, or Defense Evasion.
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T1110 Brute Force Credential Access
Adversaries may use brute force techniques to gain access to accounts when passwords are unknown or when password hashes are obtained.
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T1110.001 Password Guessing Credential Access
Adversaries with no prior knowledge of legitimate credentials within the system or environment may guess passwords to attempt access to accounts.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2025-4551Same product: Continew Continew Admin
CVE-2024-8150Same product: Continew Continew Admin
CVE-2026-3750Same product: Continew Continew Admin
CVE-2026-2543Shared CWE-620, CWE-640
CVE-2025-6097Shared CWE-620, CWE-640
CVE-2023-4214Shared CWE-620, CWE-640
CVE-2025-4903Shared CWE-620, CWE-640
CVE-2025-3849Shared CWE-620, CWE-640
CVE-2024-8155Same vendor: Continew
CVE-2024-0186Shared CWE-640

Affected Assets

continew
continew admin
≤ 3.6.0

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V7.4.3

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

IA-11 Re-authentication good match

Re-authentication explicitly requires users to prove identity before performing sensitive actions such as password changes.

IA-12 Identity Proofing good match

Identity proofing at appropriate assurance levels ensures forgotten-password recovery cannot succeed without strong verification of the user.

IA-5 Authenticator Management good match

Authenticator management requires identity verification during password distribution and changes, directly stopping unverified password updates.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.AA-01 mostly match
prevents

Credential management practices directly enforce re-authentication for password changes.

PR.AA-02 mostly match
prevents

Identity proofing is the core control that prevents weak or bypassed recovery mechanisms.

PR.AA-03 mostly match
prevents

Authentication requirements include verifying identity before allowing credential modifications.

PR.PS-06 partial match
prevents

Secure SDLC reduces implementation flaws but is not specific to password-recovery design.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.5.17 Authentication information partial match
degrades

Requires secure management of authentication information, directly addressing the need to verify the original password before allowing a change.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure-SDLC practices can embed strong recovery design, yet the control is broader than this single weakness.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application-security requirements can mandate secure recovery flows, but the control covers many other requirements.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure-coding standards can prevent weak recovery implementations, yet the control is wider in scope.

A.8.5 Secure authentication partial match
prevents

Mandates secure authentication mechanisms, which include verifying existing credentials before permitting password changes.

A.5.16 Identity management none match
none

Identity management processes can incorporate verification steps, but the control itself does not explicitly require password-change verification.

References