# CVE-2025-41692: Weak/Predictable root Password

> An attacker with webUI admin access can brute-force weak OS root passwords due to predictable generation, leading to full system compromise.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 9 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5q5j-x9p3-cg4x

## What is CVE-2025-41692?

CVE-2025-41692 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phoenix Contact FL NAT 2008, published on 9 Dec 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A high privileged remote attacker with admin privileges for the webUI can brute-force the "root" and "user" passwords of the underlying OS due to a weak password generation algorithm.

Weakness: CWE-916 (Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-41692?

It affects 69 products.


Products: Phoenixcontact Fl Nat 2008 Firmware, Phoenixcontact Fl Nat 2208 Firmware, Phoenixcontact Fl Nat 2304-2gc-2sfp Firmware, Phoenixcontact Fl Switch 2005 Firmware, Phoenixcontact Fl Switch 2008 Firmware, Phoenixcontact Fl Switch 2008f Firmware, Phoenixcontact Fl Switch 2016 Firmware, Phoenixcontact Fl Switch 2105 Firmware, Phoenixcontact Fl Switch 2108 Firmware, Phoenixcontact Fl Switch 2116 Firmware, Phoenixcontact Fl Switch 2204-2tc-2sfx Firmware, Phoenixcontact Fl Switch 2205 Firmware, Phoenixcontact Fl Switch 2206-2fx Firmware, Phoenixcontact Fl Switch 2206-2fx Sm Firmware, Phoenixcontact Fl Switch 2206-2fx Sm St Firmware, Phoenixcontact Fl Switch 2206-2fx St Firmware, Phoenixcontact Fl Switch 2206-2sfx Firmware, Phoenixcontact Fl Switch 2206-2sfx Pn Firmware, Phoenixcontact Fl Switch 2206c-2fx Firmware, Phoenixcontact Fl Switch 2207-Fx Firmware and 49 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-41692?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-41692 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-41692 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-41692 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Phoenix Contact FL NAT 2008

- [CVE-2025-41695](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-41695/): Reflected XSS vulnerability in dyn_conn.php (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2025-41745](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-41745/): Reflected XSS vulnerability in pxc_portCntr2.php (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2025-41746](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-41746/): Reflected XSS vulnerability in pxc_portSecCfg.php (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2025-41747](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-41747/): Reflected XSS vulnerability in pxc_vlanIntfCfg.php (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2025-41748](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-41748/): Reflected XSS vulnerability in pxc_Dot1xCfg.php (high 7.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-41692 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-41692 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phoenix Contact FL NAT 2008, published on 9 Dec 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-41692 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Phoenix Contact FL NAT 2008. 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-2025-41692/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-41692/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-41692
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41692
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-41692

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-41692/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.