CVE-2025-5023

Data disclosure, tampering, and DoS via hard-coded credentials

Published Jul 10, 2025 · Updated Sep 19, 2025

Hard-coded credentials in all EcoGuideTAB PV-DR004J and PV-DR004JA versions allow physically proximate attackers to read or alter stored data. The product accepts a user ID and password embedded identically across the series to authorize access over the inter-unit Wi-Fi network. Exploitation requires Wi-Fi proximity and access obtained through CVE-2025-5022, enabling data destruction and service interruption as well as disclosure and tampering.

CVSS severity7.1
High
EPSS probability0.22%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Hard-coded credentials in all EcoGuideTAB PV-DR004J and PV-DR004JA versions allow physically proximate attackers to read or alter stored data. The product accepts a user ID and password embedded identically across the series to authorize access over the inter-unit Wi-Fi network. Exploitation requires Wi-Fi proximity and access obtained through CVE-2025-5022, enabling data destruction and service interruption as well as disclosure and tampering.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-5023
Published
Jul 10, 2025
Updated
Sep 19, 2025
Vendor
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Product
EcoGuideTAB PV-DR004J
Classifications
CWE-798, T1078.001
Attack vector
adjacent
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jul 10, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 19, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=All versions

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectoradjacent
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation · EcoGuideTAB PV-DR004Jversion=All versions
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation · EcoGuideTAB PV-DR004JAversion=All versions

Published CVSS scores

7.1Mitsubishi Electric CorporationCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectoradjacent
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-798Use of Hard-coded Credentials
T1078.001Valid Accounts: Default Accounts

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