Vulnerability · Published Aug 26, 2025 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2025-25737
Medium 6.8
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the affected software. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 35% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 64.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Kapsch TrafficCom RIS-9160 & RIS-9260 Roadside Units (RSUs) v3.2.0.829.23, v3.8.0.1119.42, and v4.6.0.1211.28 were discovered to lack secure password requirements for its BIOS Supervisor and User accounts, allowing attackers to bypass authentication via a bruteforce attack.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-521 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/521.html
- https://www.kapsch.net/en
- https://www.kapsch.net/_Resources/Persistent/3d251a8445e0bf50093903ad70b3dbed34dec7e7/KTC-CVS_RIS-9260_DataSheet.pdf
- https://www.kapsch.net/_Resources/Persistent/55fb8d0fb279262809eac88d457894db1b3efcd5/Kapsch_RIS-9160_Datasheet_EN.pdf
- https://www.kapsch.net/en/press/releases/ktc-20200813-pr-en
- https://phrack.org/issues/72/16_md