Privilege escalation via shared configuration encryption key
Published Mar 19, 2026 · Updated Mar 19, 2026
Hard-coded key use in Sercomm SCE4255W firmware before DG3934v3@2308041842 allows remote authenticated users to alter configurations. The setup.cgi and upload.cgi handlers use one embedded AES-256-CBC passphrase with a legacy MD5 KDF to decrypt and re-encrypt configuration XML, but perform no signature or authentication-tag check. Access to the GUI import/export functions lets an authenticated user recover account data, rewrite password hashes or privileged settings, and restore the modified archive.
Summary
What happened
Hard-coded key use in Sercomm SCE4255W firmware before DG3934v3@2308041842 allows remote authenticated users to alter configurations. The setup.cgi and upload.cgi handlers use one embedded AES-256-CBC passphrase with a legacy MD5 KDF to decrypt and re-encrypt configuration XML, but perform no signature or authentication-tag check. Access to the GUI import/export functions lets an authenticated user recover account data, rewrite password hashes or privileged settings, and restore the modified archive.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-67112
- Published
- Mar 19, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 19, 2026
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-321, T1098, T1140
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Mar 19, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 19, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- SCE4255W configuration tampering walkthroughfunctional · demonstrated
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