CVE-2025-9778 LOW

CVE-2025-9778: Tenda W12 Administrative shadow hard-coded credentials

Vendor Tenda
Product W12
Weakness CWE-798 · Hardcoded credentials
Published September 1, 2025
Last update September 2, 2025

CVSS base score

1.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A security vulnerability has been detected in Tenda W12 up to 3.0.0.6(3948). Affected is an unknown function of the file /etc_ro/shadow of the component Administrative Interface. The manipulation leads to hard-coded credentials. An attack has to be approached locally. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 1, 2025 CVE published
September 2, 2025 Record updated