CVE-2025-3784VulnerabilityPublished 27 Nov 2025Updated 8 Dec 2025

CVE-2025-3784: Mitsubishi Electric GX Works2 · Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Affects Mitsubishi Electric GX Works2Source CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

5.5Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 0% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector: Local
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Local: The vulnerable component is not bound to the network stack and the attacker’s path is via read/write/execute capabilities. Either: the attacker exploits the vulnerability by accessing the target system locally (e.g., keyboard, console), or remotely (e.g., SSH); or the attacker relies on User Interaction by another person to perform actions required to exploit the vulnerability (e.g., tricking a legitimate user into opening a malicious document).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: Low: The attacker is authorized with (i.e., requires) privileges that provide basic user capabilities that could normally affect only settings and files owned by a user. Alternatively, an attacker with Low privileges may have the ability to cause an impact only to non-sensitive resources.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: High: There is total loss of confidentiality, resulting in all resources within the impacted component being divulged to the attacker. Alternatively, access to only some restricted information is obtained, but the disclosed information presents a direct, serious impact.
Integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the impacted component.
Availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 27 Nov 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GX Works2	Affected *	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2025-3784, European organizations should implement the following specific measures: 1) Restrict local access to systems running GX Works2 to authorized personnel only, employing strong physical and logical access controls. 2) Encrypt or securely store project files containing credentials using filesystem-level encryption or secure vault solutions to prevent plaintext exposure. 3) Regularly audit and monitor access to project files for unauthorized attempts or anomalies. 4) Implement strict user privilege management to limit the number of users with access to sensitive project files and credentials. 5) Use network segmentation to isolate engineering workstations running GX Works2 from broader enterprise and internet-facing networks. 6) Maintain an inventory of all GX Works2 installations and ensure that any future patches or updates addressing this vulnerability are applied promptly once available. 7) Educate engineering and operational staff on the risks of credential exposure and enforce policies against storing sensitive information in unprotected files. 8) Consider employing application whitelisting and endpoint detection solutions to detect unauthorized access or modification attempts on project files. These targeted actions go beyond generic advice by focusing on protecting the cleartext credential storage vector and limiting attacker access.

Description

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information Vulnerability in GX Works2 all versions allows an attacker to disclose credential information stored in plaintext from project files. As a result, the attacker may be able to open project files protected by user authentication using disclosed credential information, and obtain or modify project information.

Impact

For European organizations, especially those operating in manufacturing, energy, and critical infrastructure sectors relying on Mitsubishi Electric's GX Works2 for PLC programming, this vulnerability poses a risk of unauthorized disclosure of sensitive credentials. Such exposure can lead to unauthorized access to project files, allowing attackers to alter control logic or configurations, potentially causing operational disruptions, safety hazards, or production downtime. The confidentiality breach could also facilitate further lateral movement within industrial networks. Given the critical role of PLCs in industrial automation, exploitation could impact availability indirectly through sabotage or misconfiguration. The medium severity score reflects that while the vulnerability does not directly affect system availability or integrity, the compromise of credentials can lead to significant downstream consequences. European organizations with lax local access controls or insufficient file protection mechanisms are particularly vulnerable. The absence of known exploits suggests a window for proactive mitigation before active exploitation occurs.

CWE-312Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessOWASP Top 10 A06:2025: Insecure Design (opens in a new tab)
The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere.
Implementation · System Configuration · Operation
When storing data in the cloud (e.g., S3 buckets, Azure blobs, Google Cloud Storage, etc.), use the provider's controls to encrypt the data at rest.
Implementation · System Configuration · Operation
In some systems/environments such as cloud, the use of "double encryption" (at both the software and hardware layer) might be required, and the developer might be solely responsible for both layers, instead of shared responsibility with the administrator of the broader system/environment.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Secure Design Principles (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V8.1.6 (opens in a new tab)
V8.2.3 (opens in a new tab)
V8.2.2 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 11 Dec 2025, 07:07 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-312

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