CVE-2025-47748
Published: 28 May 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-47748 is a medium-severity Use of Hard-coded Password (CWE-259) vulnerability in Netwrix Directory Manager. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 43.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-16194
Vulnerability details
Netwrix Directory Manager v.11.0.0.0 and before & after v.11.1.25134.03 contains a hardcoded password.
- 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.
Shared threat data frequently highlights products or deployments still using hard-coded passwords, enabling remediation that directly blocks credential-based attacks.
Background checks and authorization requirements decrease the probability that a developer will hard-code passwords for later unauthorized access.
Reviews of supplier deliverables reduce the chance that hard-coded passwords are introduced into the system.