Plant takeover via unchecked transfer authorization
Published Jul 19, 2025 · Updated Jul 22, 2025
Incorrect authorization in Growatt OSS and ShineServer before 13 June 2025 allows remote authenticated users to take control of any plant. The plant transfer function accepts a target plant for reassignment without verifying that the requesting installer account is authorized to transfer it. A free installer account is sufficient to silently reassign an installation, exposing its data and controls and enabling the attacker to shut it down.
Summary
What happened
Incorrect authorization in Growatt OSS and ShineServer before 13 June 2025 allows remote authenticated users to take control of any plant. The plant transfer function accepts a target plant for reassignment without verifying that the requesting installer account is authorized to transfer it. A free installer account is sufficient to silently reassign an installation, exposing its data and controls and enabling the attacker to shut it down.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-29757
- Published
- Jul 19, 2025
- Updated
- Jul 22, 2025
- Vendor
- Growatt
- Product
- Growatt OSS
- Classifications
- CWE-863, CAPEC-395, T1078
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 19, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 22, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <13 Jun 2025
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