Cognex In-Sight 2000 up to 6.5.1 Firmware Upgrade cleartext transmission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Cognex In-Sight 2000, In-Sight 7000, In-Sight 8000, In-Sight 9000 and In-Sight Explorer up to 6.5.1. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Firmware Upgrade Handler. Performing a manipulation results in cleartext transmission. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-47698. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cognex In-Sight 2000, In-Sight 7000, In-Sight 8000, In-Sight 9000 and In-Sight Explorer up to 6.5.1. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown functionality of the component Firmware Upgrade Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cleartext transmission vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-319. The product transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

An adjacent attacker without authentication can exploit this vulnerability to retrieve a set of user-privileged credentials. These credentials are present during the firmware upgrade procedure.

The weakness was shared by Diego Giubertoni as icsa-25-261-06. The advisory is shared at cisa.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-47698 since 08/06/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1040 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-30190). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.6

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cleartext transmission
CWE: CWE-319 / CWE-310
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/06/2025 CVE reserved
09/19/2025 +44 days Advisory disclosed
09/19/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/19/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: icsa-25-261-06
Researcher: Diego Giubertoni
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-47698 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-47698
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-324969
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/19/2025 07:41
Updated: 09/19/2025 19:55
Changes: 09/19/2025 07:41 (67), 09/19/2025 19:55 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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