Unauthenticated account takeover via predictable session cookies
Published Jun 24, 2025 · Updated Jun 25, 2025
Authentication weakness in Advantech WISE A2.01 B00 allows remote attackers to take over accounts by guessing session cookies. The session-cookie generation mechanism produces predictable values, but Advantech has not disclosed the observable state or algorithm involved. An unauthenticated attacker on an adjacent network can brute-force a valid cookie and obtain root, administrator, or user access, including password resets.
Summary
What happened
Authentication weakness in Advantech WISE A2.01 B00 allows remote attackers to take over accounts by guessing session cookies. The session-cookie generation mechanism produces predictable values, but Advantech has not disclosed the observable state or algorithm involved. An unauthenticated attacker on an adjacent network can brute-force a valid cookie and obtain root, administrator, or user access, including password resets.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-48461
- Published
- Jun 24, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 25, 2025
- Vendor
- Advantech
- Product
- WISE
- Classifications
- CWE-341, T1539
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 24, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 25, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=A2.01 B00
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