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CVE-2025-54303VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-54303: n/a

Source CVE Database V5

0

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.8 Critical.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
9.8Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 32% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 4 Dec 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 2026-10-25.

What to do

AI-suggested

Immediate mitigation steps include changing the default 'ionadmin' password to a strong, unique password on all deployments of Torrent Suite Django application 5.18.1. Organizations should implement and enforce strict password policies mandating regular changes and complexity requirements for all administrative accounts. Network-level controls should restrict access to the application interface to trusted IP ranges or VPNs to reduce exposure. Monitoring and logging of authentication attempts should be enabled to detect unauthorized access attempts promptly. If possible, disable or remove default accounts if not required. Organizations should also engage with Thermo Fisher Scientific to obtain patches or updates addressing this vulnerability and apply them as soon as they become available. Conducting security audits and penetration tests focusing on default credential usage can help identify and remediate similar issues. Finally, educating administrators about the risks of default credentials and enforcing change policies through configuration management tools can prevent recurrence.

Description

The Thermo Fisher Torrent Suite Django application 5.18.1 has weak default credentials, which are stored as fixtures for the Django ORM API. The ionadmin user account can be used to authenticate to default deployments with the password ionadmin. The user guide recommends changing default credentials; however, a password change policy for default administrative accounts is not enforced. Many deployments may retain default credentials, in which case an attacker is likely to be able to successfully authenticate with administrative privileges.

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