CVE-2025-9725
Cudy LT500E Web shadow hard-coded password
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Description
A vulnerability was identified in Cudy LT500E up to 2.3.12. Affected is an unknown function of the file /squashfs-root/etc/shadow of the component Web Interface. The manipulation leads to use of hard-coded password. The attack must be carried out locally. The attack's complexity is rated as high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. Upgrading to version 2.3.13 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The vendor explains: "[T]he firmware does store a default password of 'admin'. This password has been deprecated since LT500E firmware version 2.3.13 and is no longer used. The LT500E does not have an administrator password set by default; a new password (at least 8 characters ) must be manually created upon first login the web management page."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Low2.0 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low2.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Low2.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Low1.0 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 4.0 | Low1.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/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 (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.37% · top 69% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.0.
Weakness
Affected products
References (5)
- VDB-322014 | Cudy LT500E Web shadow hard-coded password (opens in a new tab)vdb-entry
- VDB-322014 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-required
- Submit #639346 | Cudy Cudy LT500E 1.0 Router LT500E-R42-2.3.13 Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/XXRicardo/iot-cve/blob/main/CUDY/LT500E-R42-2.3.13.md (opens in a new tab)relatedexploit
- https://github.com/XXRicardo/iot-cve/blob/main/CUDY/LT500E-R42-2.3.13.md#steps-to-reproduce (opens in a new tab)exploit
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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