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CVE-2025-48461VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-48461: Advantech Wireless Sensing and Equipment (WISE) · CWE-341

Affects Advantech Wireless Sensing and Equipment (WISE)Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.0 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 08:30 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.0Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 40% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 24 Jun 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

1. Immediate network segmentation: Isolate Advantech WISE devices from general IT networks and restrict access to trusted management stations only. 2. Implement strict access controls and monitoring: Use network-level authentication and logging to detect unusual access patterns or brute force attempts targeting WISE devices. 3. Employ VPNs or secure tunnels for remote access to devices to prevent exposure of session tokens over untrusted networks. 4. Regularly audit device configurations and session management settings to identify weak or default credentials and enforce strong password policies. 5. Deploy intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS) with signatures or heuristics tailored to detect brute force and session hijacking attempts on WISE devices. 6. Engage with Advantech for timely updates or patches and apply them as soon as they become available. 7. Consider compensating controls such as multi-factor authentication (MFA) at the network or application layer to reduce the risk of account takeover. 8. Conduct employee training focused on recognizing and reporting suspicious device behavior or access anomalies. These measures go beyond generic advice by focusing on network architecture, access control, and monitoring specific to the nature of the vulnerability and the operational context of WISE devices.

Description

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated attacker to conduct brute force guessing and account takeover as the session cookies are predictable, potentially allowing the attackers to gain root, admin or user access and reset passwords.

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