8.6
HIGH CVSS 4.0
CVE-2025-47698
Cognex In-Sight Explorer and In-Sight Camera Firmware Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 18, 2025, 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 18, 2025, 11:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No
Affected Products

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No affected product recoded yet

CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 HIGH 7d14cffa-0d7d-4270-9dc0-52cabd5a23a6
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 4.0 HIGH 7d14cffa-0d7d-4270-9dc0-52cabd5a23a6
CVSS 4.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Restrict access to firmware upgrade processes and sanitize credentials.
  • Restrict access to firmware upgrade.
  • Sanitize credentials during upgrade.
  • Implement secure credential storage.
  • Apply vendor patches for upgrades.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-261-06
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-47698 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 18, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description 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. 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.
    Removed CVSS V3.1 AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Sep. 18, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description 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.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-319
    Added Reference https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-261-06
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 8.6
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Attack Requirements
Privileges Required
User Interaction
VS Confidentiality
VS Integrity
VS Availability
SS Confidentiality
SS Integrity
SS Availability
Base CVSS Score: 8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact