Weidmueller IE-SW-VL05M-5TX reliance on security through obscurity

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Weidmueller 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 and IE-SW-PL18MT-2GC-16TX and classified as very critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to reliance on security through obscurity. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-41652. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Weidmueller 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 and IE-SW-PL18MT-2GC-16TX. It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a reliance on security through obscurity vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-656. The product uses a protection mechanism whose strength depends heavily on its obscurity, such that knowledge of its algorithms or key data is sufficient to defeat the mechanism. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

It is possible to read the advisory at certvde.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-41652 since 04/16/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/22/2025).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-25507). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.6

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VulDB Temp Score: 9.4
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CNA Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Reliance on security through obscurity
CWE: CWE-656
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

04/16/2025 CVE reserved
05/27/2025 +41 days Advisory disclosed
05/27/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/22/2025 +87 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: VDE-2025-044
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-41652 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-41652
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-310355
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/27/2025 13:53
Updated: 08/22/2025 14:05
Changes: 05/27/2025 13:53 (61), 08/22/2025 13:28 (1), 08/22/2025 14:05 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:462:103

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