Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/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:XCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2025-8857 is a critical-severity Use of Hard-coded Credentials (CWE-798) vulnerability in Org (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 9.3 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Valid Accounts (T1078); ranked at the 44th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to IA-5 (Authenticator Management) and SC-12 (Cryptographic Key Establishment and Management) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2025-8857 is a critical vulnerability in the Clinic Image System developed by Changing, where hard-coded administrator credentials are embedded in the source code. This issue, classified as CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials), enables unauthenticated remote attackers to gain access by extracting and using those credentials. The vulnerability received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) and was published on 2025-08-29.
Unauthenticated attackers with network access can exploit this vulnerability with low complexity and no privileges required. By reviewing the publicly accessible source code, they can obtain the hard-coded credentials and log in as administrators, achieving high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, which could lead to full system compromise.
Advisories detailing mitigation are available from CHT Security (https://www.chtsecurity.com/news/276d7867-dfb1-4a91-bc34-97b0f6a117a3) and TWCERT/CC (https://www.twcert.org.tw/en/cp-139-10363-601c9-2.html, https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-10362-c6021-1.html).
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-26169
Vulnerability Data
Clinic Image System developed by Changing contains hard-coded Credentials, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to log into the system using administrator credentials embedded in the source code.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Authenticator management requires secure distribution and handling of credentials, structurally discouraging hard-coded values.
Cryptographic key management mandates proper establishment and handling instead of embedding keys in code.
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's credential/key-management processes can reduce the incentive to embed secrets but do not address or detect hard-coded values in source code, so the weakness remains fully possible.
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.
created from the owner's anchor; an owner grade is a row and does not wait for an instrument (Mythos 2026-09-29T15:58Z).
Education on secure configuration practices discourages technical staff from embedding or relying on hard-coded credentials in systems and applications.
Explicit prohibition of hard-coded passwords and unauthenticated external services stops credentials from being embedded directly in source code.