CVE-2025-52352: n/a
Aikaan IoT management platform v3.25.0325-5-g2e9c59796 provides a configuration to disable user sign-up in distributed deployments by hiding the sign-up option on the login page UI. However, the sign-up API endpoint remains publicly accessible and functional, allowing unauthenticated users to register accounts via APIs even when the feature is disabled. This leads to authentication bypass and unauthorized access to admin portals, violating intended access controls.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2025-52352 is a vulnerability affecting the Aikaan IoT management platform version 3.25.0325-5-g2e9c59796. The platform includes a configuration option intended to disable user sign-up in distributed deployments by hiding the sign-up option on the login page user interface. However, this mitigation is incomplete because the underlying sign-up API endpoint remains publicly accessible and functional regardless of the UI configuration. This allows unauthenticated attackers to register new accounts via the API even when sign-up is supposed to be disabled. Consequently, attackers can bypass intended access controls and potentially gain unauthorized access to administrative portals or other privileged areas of the platform. This vulnerability represents an authentication bypass flaw that undermines the platform's access control mechanisms. Since the sign-up API is exposed without proper access restrictions, it can be exploited remotely without authentication or user interaction. The lack of a CVSS score indicates the vulnerability has not yet been formally scored, but the technical details suggest a significant security risk. No known exploits have been reported in the wild as of the publication date. The vulnerability arises from a design and implementation oversight where UI-level restrictions are not enforced at the API level, violating the principle of defense in depth and secure design best practices.
Potential Impact
For European organizations deploying the Aikaan IoT management platform, this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized account creation and subsequent access to sensitive administrative functions. This unauthorized access could result in compromise of IoT device management, manipulation of device configurations, exposure of sensitive operational data, and disruption of IoT services. Given the critical role IoT platforms play in industrial, smart city, healthcare, and infrastructure environments, exploitation could lead to operational disruptions, data breaches, and potential safety risks. The authentication bypass undermines trust in the platform's security and could facilitate further lateral movement or privilege escalation within affected networks. Organizations relying on this platform for critical infrastructure management or sensitive data processing are particularly at risk. The absence of known exploits suggests the threat is currently theoretical, but the ease of exploitation (no authentication or user interaction required) means the risk could escalate rapidly if weaponized. European entities with distributed deployments that have disabled sign-up via UI but not at the API level are especially vulnerable.
Mitigation Recommendations
Organizations should immediately audit their Aikaan IoT management platform deployments to verify whether the sign-up API endpoint is accessible and functional despite UI-level restrictions. Network-level controls such as firewall rules or API gateways should be employed to restrict access to the sign-up API endpoint to authorized users or internal networks only. The vendor should be contacted to obtain patches or updates that properly enforce sign-up restrictions at the API level. Until a patch is available, disabling or restricting the sign-up API endpoint through configuration or network segmentation is critical. Monitoring and logging of account creation events should be enhanced to detect unauthorized registrations promptly. Additionally, organizations should review and tighten access control policies for administrative portals, including implementing multi-factor authentication and anomaly detection to mitigate the impact of any unauthorized account creation. Security teams should conduct penetration testing focused on API endpoints to identify similar discrepancies between UI and API security controls.
Affected Countries
Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Poland, Finland
CVE-2025-52352: n/a
Description
Aikaan IoT management platform v3.25.0325-5-g2e9c59796 provides a configuration to disable user sign-up in distributed deployments by hiding the sign-up option on the login page UI. However, the sign-up API endpoint remains publicly accessible and functional, allowing unauthenticated users to register accounts via APIs even when the feature is disabled. This leads to authentication bypass and unauthorized access to admin portals, violating intended access controls.
AI-Powered Analysis
Technical Analysis
CVE-2025-52352 is a vulnerability affecting the Aikaan IoT management platform version 3.25.0325-5-g2e9c59796. The platform includes a configuration option intended to disable user sign-up in distributed deployments by hiding the sign-up option on the login page user interface. However, this mitigation is incomplete because the underlying sign-up API endpoint remains publicly accessible and functional regardless of the UI configuration. This allows unauthenticated attackers to register new accounts via the API even when sign-up is supposed to be disabled. Consequently, attackers can bypass intended access controls and potentially gain unauthorized access to administrative portals or other privileged areas of the platform. This vulnerability represents an authentication bypass flaw that undermines the platform's access control mechanisms. Since the sign-up API is exposed without proper access restrictions, it can be exploited remotely without authentication or user interaction. The lack of a CVSS score indicates the vulnerability has not yet been formally scored, but the technical details suggest a significant security risk. No known exploits have been reported in the wild as of the publication date. The vulnerability arises from a design and implementation oversight where UI-level restrictions are not enforced at the API level, violating the principle of defense in depth and secure design best practices.
Potential Impact
For European organizations deploying the Aikaan IoT management platform, this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized account creation and subsequent access to sensitive administrative functions. This unauthorized access could result in compromise of IoT device management, manipulation of device configurations, exposure of sensitive operational data, and disruption of IoT services. Given the critical role IoT platforms play in industrial, smart city, healthcare, and infrastructure environments, exploitation could lead to operational disruptions, data breaches, and potential safety risks. The authentication bypass undermines trust in the platform's security and could facilitate further lateral movement or privilege escalation within affected networks. Organizations relying on this platform for critical infrastructure management or sensitive data processing are particularly at risk. The absence of known exploits suggests the threat is currently theoretical, but the ease of exploitation (no authentication or user interaction required) means the risk could escalate rapidly if weaponized. European entities with distributed deployments that have disabled sign-up via UI but not at the API level are especially vulnerable.
Mitigation Recommendations
Organizations should immediately audit their Aikaan IoT management platform deployments to verify whether the sign-up API endpoint is accessible and functional despite UI-level restrictions. Network-level controls such as firewall rules or API gateways should be employed to restrict access to the sign-up API endpoint to authorized users or internal networks only. The vendor should be contacted to obtain patches or updates that properly enforce sign-up restrictions at the API level. Until a patch is available, disabling or restricting the sign-up API endpoint through configuration or network segmentation is critical. Monitoring and logging of account creation events should be enhanced to detect unauthorized registrations promptly. Additionally, organizations should review and tighten access control policies for administrative portals, including implementing multi-factor authentication and anomaly detection to mitigate the impact of any unauthorized account creation. Security teams should conduct penetration testing focused on API endpoints to identify similar discrepancies between UI and API security controls.
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Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- mitre
- Date Reserved
- 2025-06-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 68a75f5bad5a09ad00171f96
Added to database: 8/21/2025, 6:03:07 PM
Last enriched: 8/21/2025, 6:18:04 PM
Last updated: 8/21/2025, 6:18:04 PM
Views: 2
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