CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability exists that could cause information disclosure and remote code execution when SOCKS Pr…

published 2026-03-10 8 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-208473

cvss: 7.5; version 4.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits: 0; none known

CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability exists that could cause information disclosure and remote code execution when SOCKS Proxy is enabled, and administrator credentials and PostgreSQL database credentials are known. SOCKS Proxy is disabled by default.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-26-076-03 updated 2026-03-17 cvss 7.2

Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Data Center Expert

Schneider Electric EcoStruxure IT Data Center Expert <= 9.0
affected: vendor fix, mitigation se.com
Schneider Electric EcoStruxure IT Data Center Expert 9.1
fixed

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 8 mo ago (2026-03-10)

Exploit prediction

0.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	7.5	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA	4.0	7.5	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected products

Schneider Electric EcoStruxure™ IT Data Center Expert (Formerly known as StruxureWare Data Center Expert)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

download.schneider-electric.com /files?p_Doc_Ref=SEVD-2026-069-05&p_enDocType=Security+and+Safety+Notice&p_File_Name=SEVD-2026-069-05.pdf

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-13957
NVD CVE-2025-13957

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Summary