CVE-2025-41652: Weidmueller: Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Industrial Ethernet Switches

9.8 CVSS

Description

The devices are vulnerable to an authentication bypass due to flaws in the authorization mechanism. An unauthenticated remote attacker could exploit this weakness by performing brute-force attacks to guess valid credentials or by using MD5 collision techniques to forge authentication hashes, potentially compromising the device.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-41652

CVSS Base Severity: CRITICAL

CVSS Base Score: 9.8

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

Problem Types

CWE-656 Reliance on Security Through Obscurity

Affected Products

Vendor: Weidmueller

Product: IE-SW-VL05M-5TX, IE-SW-VL05MT-5TX, IE-SW-VL08MT-8TX, IE-SW-VL08MT-5TX-1SC-2SCS, IE-SW-VL08MT-6TX-2SC, IE-SW-VL08MT-6TX-2ST, IE-SW-VL08MT-6TX-2SCS, IE-SW-PL10M-3GT-7TX, IE-SW-PL10MT-3GT-7TX, IE-SW-PL16M-16TX, IE-SW-PL16MT-16TX, IE-SW-PL18M-2GC-16TX, IE-SW-PL18MT-2GC-16TX

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.15% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 36.95% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-06 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41652
https://certvde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2025-044/

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