# CVE-2025-1960: Hardcoded credentials in WebHMI – Deployed with EcoStruxure Power Automation System

> Attackers can execute unauthorized commands if default credentials are not changed, affecting Schneider Electric WebHMI users.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 13 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5mrq-42cr-23mg

## What is CVE-2025-1960?

CVE-2025-1960 is a critical vulnerability in Schneider Electric WebHMI – Deployed with EcoStruxure Power Automation System, published on 12 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

CWE-1188: Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default vulnerability exists that could cause an
attacker to execute unauthorized commands when a system’s default password credentials have not been
changed on first use. The default username is not displayed correctly in the WebHMI interface.

Weakness: CWE-1188 (Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1960?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-1960?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1960 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-1960 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1960 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-1960 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-1960 is a critical vulnerability in Schneider Electric WebHMI – Deployed with EcoStruxure Power Automation System, published on 12 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1960 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Schneider Electric WebHMI – Deployed with EcoStruxure Power Automation System. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1960/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1960/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1960
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1960
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-1960

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1960/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.