CVE-2025-49195

No protection against brute-force attacks

Description

The FTP server’s login mechanism does not restrict authentication attempts, allowing an attacker to brute-force user passwords and potentially compromising the FTP server.

Remediation

Workaround:

  • It is highly recommended to use a strong password with a length of at least eight characters and a combination of letters, numbers, capital letters and symbols. Please make sure that only trusted entities have access to the device. Furthermore, you should apply the following General Security Measures when operating the product to mitigate the associated security risk. The collected resources \"SICK Operating Guidelines\" and \"ICS-CERT recommended practices on Industrial Security\" could help to implement the general security practices.

Category

5.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.06%
Vendor Advisory sick.com Vendor Advisory sick.com
Affected: SICK AG SICK Media Server
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://sick.com/psirt
https://cdn.sick.com/media/docs/1/11/411/Special_information_CYBERSECURITY_BY_SICK_en_IM0084411.PDF
https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/ics-recommended-practices
https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1
https://www.sick.com/.well-known/csaf/white/2025/sca-2025-0007.pdf vendor advisory
https://www.sick.com/.well-known/csaf/white/2025/sca-2025-0007.json vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2025-49195?
CVE-2025-49195 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2025-49195?
As a workaround for remediating CVE-2025-49195: It is highly recommended to use a strong password with a length of at least eight characters and a combination of letters, numbers, capital letters and symbols. Please make sure that only trusted entities have access to the device. Furthermore, you should apply the following General Security Measures when operating the product to mitigate the associated security risk. The collected resources \"SICK Operating Guidelines\" and \"ICS-CERT recommended practices on Industrial Security\" could help to implement the general security practices.
Is CVE-2025-49195 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2025-49195 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2025-49195?
CVE-2025-49195 affects SICK AG SICK Media Server.
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