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CVE-2025-0642: Hard-coded Credentials in PosCube's Assist

Use of Hard-coded Credentials, Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in PosCube Hardware Software and Consulting Ltd. Co. Assist allows Excavation, Authentication Bypass. This issue affects Assist: through 10.02.2025.

MediumCVSS 6.3Not KEV-listedUpdated
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Security readout for executives and security teams

Plain-English summary

CVE-2025-0642 affects PosCube Assist through 10.02.2025. The reported issue involves hard-coded credentials and an authorization bypass tied to a user-controlled key, which could let a lower-privileged attacker bypass intended access controls. The main business concern is unauthorized access to sensitive data, not service outage.

Executive priority

Treat as a moderate-priority exposure review. It is not known to be actively exploited, but the confidentiality impact is high, so organizations using PosCube Assist should verify version exposure and vendor remediation guidance promptly.

Technical view

The CVE maps to CWE-798 and CWE-639 with CVSS 3.1 score 6.3. The vector is network-reachable, low complexity, low privileges required, and user interaction required. Impact is high confidentiality, low integrity, and no availability impact. Public source details are sparse, and the affected-version metadata is inconsistent.

Likely exposure

Exposure is likely limited to organizations running PosCube Assist versions through 10.02.2025. Risk increases if Assist is reachable over a network and used by lower-privileged users who can influence authorization keys or credential-related flows.

Exploitation context

CISA KEV is false, and the provided sources do not state active exploitation. The CVSS vector suggests exploitation is plausible but not fully unauthenticated: low privileges and user interaction are required. No exploit steps or public weaponization evidence were provided.

Researcher notes

The source bundle lacks detailed exploit mechanics, patch identifiers, and clear affected CPEs. The affected array lists version "0" while the description says Assist through 10.02.2025, so validation should rely on vendor or advisory confirmation before declaring systems fixed or vulnerable.

Mitigation direction

  • Identify any PosCube Assist deployments and versions in use.
  • Check PosCube or government advisory guidance for fixed versions or official mitigations.
  • Restrict network access to Assist until remediation status is confirmed.
  • Rotate relevant credentials if hard-coded or shared credentials may be exposed.
  • Monitor Assist authentication and authorization failures for unusual activity.

Validation and detection

  • Confirm whether Assist versions are through 10.02.2025.
  • Review access-control paths involving user-controlled keys.
  • Inspect credential storage for embedded, shared, or static secrets.
  • Verify lower-privileged users cannot reach restricted data or functions.
  • Document compensating controls if no vendor fix is available.
Prepared
Confidence
medium
Sources
4

Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.

Potential ATT&CK relevance

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ATT&CK lookup starting points

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cwe · low confidence lookup

CWE-639: Exact CWE lookup

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cwe · medium confidence lookup

CWE-798: Credential and account abuse lookup

Authentication and credential weaknesses can make valid-account abuse and credential telemetry useful review starting points. Open the exact CWE lookup page first, then review the ATT&CK searches from that MITRE weakness context. This is a Glexia lookup hint, not an official ATT&CK mapping.

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description · low confidence lookup

Credential and access behavior lookup

The CVE wording references authentication or credential exposure, so valid-account and credential-access review may help. This is a Glexia inferred lookup path, not an official MITRE, ATT&CK, or CVE Program mapping.

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description · low confidence lookup

Privilege behavior lookup

The CVE wording references privilege impact, so privilege escalation and authorization behavior review may help. This is a Glexia inferred lookup path, not an official MITRE, ATT&CK, or CVE Program mapping.

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cve · low confidence lookup

CVE-2025-0642 mapping review

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Vulnerability profileCVE Program record
Severity
Medium
CVSS
6.3 (3.1)
Known Exploited
No
Published

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Official CVE source material

CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5

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1CVSS vectors
3Timeline events
1ADP providers
3Source links

SSVC decision data

CISA-ADPCISA Coordinator
Timestamp
Version
2.0.3
Exploitation: noneAutomatable: noTechnical Impact: partial

CVSS vector scores

1 official score

We collect every scored CVSS vector available in the official CNA and ADP containers. When more than one version is present, the table keeps the source vectors side by side instead of collapsing them into the highest score.

ScoreVersionSeverityVectorExploitImpactSource
6.3CVSS 3.1MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N2.14.2TR-CERT

Vulnerability scoring details

Base CVSS 3.1 score

6.3Medium
CVSS 3.1 vector shape for CVE-2025-0642Attack VectorAttack ComplexityPrivileges RequiredUser InteractionScopeConfidentiality ImpactIntegrity ImpactAvailability Impact

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NetworkAdjacentLocalPhysical
Attack Complexity
LowHigh
Privileges Required
NoneLowHigh
User Interaction
NoneRequired
Scope
ChangedUnchanged
Confidentiality Impact
HighLowNone
Integrity Impact
HighLowNone
Availability Impact
HighLowNone

Vulnerability timeline

Timeline events are normalized from CVE metadata, CNA source timelines, ADP timelines, and KEV metadata when present.

  1. CVE reservedCVE Program

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  2. CVE publishedCVE Program

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  3. CVE updatedCVE Program

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ADP provider summaries

CISA-ADPCISA ADP Vulnrichment
other:ssvc

Source materials

Affected products

Products and packages named in the record

VendorProductVersion / packageStatus
PosCube Hardware Software and Consulting Ltd. Co.Assist0unaffected
Weakness

CWE details

CWE links open Glexia weakness intelligence pages with official CWE context, developer remediation guidance, and related CVE mappings.

CWE-639 · source CWE mapping

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.

CWE-798 · source CWE mapping

Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Use of Hard-coded Credentials represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.