# CVE-2025-5484: SinoTrack GPS Receiver Weak Authentication

> Attackers can access GPS tracking devices using well-known default credentials and predictable usernames, leading to unauthorized control and data exposure.

- **Severity:** High 7.6 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 12 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8hxx-vm7q-2fjx

## What is CVE-2025-5484?

CVE-2025-5484 is a high-severity vulnerability in SinoTrack IOT PC Platform, published on 12 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A username and password are required to authenticate to the central 
SinoTrack device management interface. The username for all devices is 
an identifier printed on the receiver. The default password is 
well-known and common to all devices. Modification of the default 
password is not enforced during device setup. A malicious actor can 
retrieve device identifiers with either physical access or by capturing 
identifiers from pictures of the devices posted on publicly accessible 
websites such as eBay.

Weakness: CWE-1390 (Weak Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5484?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-5484?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5484 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-5484 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-5484 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-5484 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-5484 is a high-severity vulnerability in SinoTrack IOT PC Platform, published on 12 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-5484 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SinoTrack IOT PC Platform. 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-2025-5484/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5484/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5484
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5484
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-5484

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5484/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.