CVE-2025-68715

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 08 January 2026

Published

08 January 2026

Modified

30 January 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score 0.0073 72.8th percentile

Risk Priority 19 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-68715 is a critical-severity Missing Authentication for Critical Function (CWE-306) vulnerability in Pandawireless Pwru01 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.1 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 27.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-14 (Permitted Actions Without Identification or Authentication) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement).

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190). What defenders deploy: see the NIST 800-53 controls recommended below.

Threat & Defense Details

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

AC-14 Permitted Actions Without Identification or Authentication good match

prevent

Directly prohibits sensitive configuration actions like modifying WAN, LAN, and wireless settings via exposed HTTP endpoints without identification and authentication.

AC-3 Access Enforcement good match

prevent

Enforces approved access control policies to block unauthenticated remote modifications to critical network settings on the device.

IA-8 Identification and Authentication (Non-organizational Users) good match

prevent

Requires unique identification and authentication for non-organizational users accessing device management endpoints, preventing remote unauthenticated exploitation.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access

Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

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Why these techniques?

Missing authentication on public-facing HTTP endpoints allows remote unauthenticated attackers to exploit the device for configuration changes, directly mapping to T1190: Exploit Public-Facing Application.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

NVD Description

An issue was discovered in Panda Wireless PWRU0 devices with firmware 2.2.9 that exposes multiple HTTP endpoints (/goform/setWan, /goform/setLan, /goform/wirelessBasic) that do not enforce authentication. A remote unauthenticated attacker can modify WAN, LAN, and wireless settings directly, leading to privilege…

escalation and denial of service.

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2025-68715 is a missing authentication vulnerability (CWE-306) affecting Panda Wireless PWRU0 devices running firmware version 2.2.9. The flaw exposes multiple HTTP endpoints, including /goform/setWan, /goform/setLan, and /goform/wirelessBasic, which lack proper authentication enforcement. This allows unauthorized access to critical configuration functions. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H), indicating high severity due to its network accessibility, low complexity, and impacts on integrity and availability.

A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by directly sending HTTP requests to the exposed endpoints. Successful exploitation enables modification of WAN, LAN, and wireless settings, potentially leading to privilege escalation and denial of service conditions, such as disrupting network connectivity.

Advisories and additional details are available in the referenced GitHub repositories at https://github.com/actuator/cve/blob/main/PandaWireless/CVE-2025-68715.txt and https://github.com/actuator/cve/tree/main/PandaWireless. The CVE was published on 2026-01-08.