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Improper Access Control

CVE-2025-43980

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

An issue was discovered on FIRSTNUM JC21A-04 devices through 2.01ME/FN. They enable the SSH service by default with the credentials of root/admin. The GUI doesn't offer a way to disable the account.

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  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
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CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Listed 5th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', improper (or broken) access control attacks are a fundamental type of vulnerability. This includes a broad range of design flaws that enable users to act outside of their intended permissions. They can use these privileges to gain access to restricted files and functionality such as accessing restricted information, falsifying records, destroying data, or executing commands.

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Advisory Timeline

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