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CVE-2025-48468: Advantech Wireless Sensing and Equipment (WISE) · CWE-1191

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

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.4 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
6.4Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 8% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Given the nature of the vulnerability, mitigation should focus on enhancing physical security controls to prevent unauthorized access to the devices. This includes securing device enclosures with tamper-evident seals, locks, or controlled access cabinets. Organizations should conduct physical audits of all deployed Advantech WISE devices to ensure they are installed in secure locations inaccessible to unauthorized personnel. Additionally, network segmentation should be employed to isolate these devices from critical networks, limiting the impact of any compromise. Monitoring for physical tampering and implementing intrusion detection mechanisms can provide early warning of attempted exploitation. Since no patches are currently available, organizations should engage with Advantech for firmware updates or security advisories. Where possible, upgrading to newer firmware versions or devices with enhanced hardware security features that disable or protect JTAG interfaces is recommended. Finally, organizations should review and update their incident response plans to include scenarios involving physical device compromise.

Description

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability could allow an attacker that has physical access to interface with JTAG to inject or modify firmware.

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