CVE-2025-41692 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-41692: Weak/Predictable root Password

Vendor Phoenix Contact
Product FL SWITCH 2005
Weakness CWE-916
Published December 9, 2025
Last update December 9, 2025
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CVSS base score

6.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A high privileged remote attacker with admin privileges for the webUI can brute-force the "root" and "user" passwords of the underlying OS due to a weak password generation algorithm.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 9, 2025 CVE published
December 9, 2025 Record updated