CVE-2025-52351: Aikaan IoT management platform · Cleartext Transmission
Source CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.8 High.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 14:05 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 14% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 21 Aug 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 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
To mitigate this vulnerability, organizations should immediately avoid sending passwords in plaintext via email or embedding them in URLs. Instead, implement secure onboarding workflows such as: 1) Using one-time tokens or activation codes that do not contain passwords and expire quickly. 2) Forcing users to set their own passwords through a secure HTTPS web form after verifying their email address. 3) Employing out-of-band verification methods rather than transmitting sensitive credentials directly. Additionally, organizations should audit email systems and proxy logs for any exposure of passwords and enforce strict access controls on these logs. Enabling multi-factor authentication (MFA) on the IoT platform accounts can reduce the risk of account compromise even if passwords are exposed. Vendors should be urged to patch the platform to remove password transmission in URLs and emails and adopt secure password reset and activation mechanisms. Network-level protections such as TLS encryption for all communications and email security protocols (e.g., SPF, DKIM, DMARC) should be enforced to reduce interception risks.
Description
Aikaan IoT management platform v3.25.0325-5-g2e9c59796 sends a newly generated password to users in plaintext via email and also includes the same password as a query parameter in the account activation URL (e.g., https://domain.com/activate=xyz). This practice can result in password exposure via browser history, proxy logs, referrer headers, and email caching. The vulnerability impacts user credential confidentiality during initial onboarding.