CVE-2025-41652
Weidmueller: Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Industrial Ethernet Switches
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Weidmueller: Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Industrial Ethernet Switches
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-41652- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-328
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-25507
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.
- Record
EUVD-2025-25507- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hmwm-86jc-9m8g
The devices are vulnerable to an authentication bypass due to flaws in the authorization...
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.
- Record
GHSA-hmwm-86jc-9m8g- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-328, CWE-656
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-41652- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-328
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- weidmueller ie-sw-pl10m-3gt-7tx
- weidmueller ie-sw-pl10mt-3gt-7tx
- weidmueller ie-sw-pl16m-16tx
- weidmueller ie-sw-pl16mt-16tx
- weidmueller ie-sw-pl18m-2gc-16tx
- weidmueller ie-sw-pl18mt-2gc-16tx
- weidmueller ie-sw-vl05m-5tx
- weidmueller ie-sw-vl05mt-5tx
- weidmueller ie-sw-vl08mt-5tx-1sc-2scs
- weidmueller ie-sw-vl08mt-6tx-2sc
- weidmueller ie-sw-vl08mt-6tx-2scs
- weidmueller ie-sw-vl08mt-6tx-2st
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History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-41652 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Weidmueller Ie-sw-pl10m-3gt-7tx, published May 27, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.49%, the 42nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.