4.6

CVE-2025-41696: phoenix contact fl nat 2008 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

CVSS: 4.6v3.1MediumAnalyzed
Published 09-12-2025Last modified 09-12-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-41696 is a medium (CVSS 4.6) Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability in phoenix contact fl nat 2008. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.6/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.21%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 09-12-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 09-12-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An attacker can use an undocumented UART port on the PCB as a side-channel with the user hardcoded credentials obtained from CVE-2025-41692 to gain read access to parts of the filesystem of the device.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

11%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.21% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.21%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Phoenix contact69 products
Phoenixcontact69 products

2 vendors · 138 products

References

1 links