Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
BG-TEK Coslat Hotspot versions before 6.26.0.R.20250227 may allow excessive password attempts, increasing the chance of account compromise through brute force. The issue is medium severity: serious for exposed authentication portals, but sources do not show confirmed active exploitation.
Executive priority
Treat this as a near-term remediation item for exposed hotspot environments. It does not currently have KEV-backed exploitation evidence, but weak or reused passwords could turn this into account compromise. Prioritize inventory, upgrade verification, and monitoring.
Technical view
CVE-2025-1496 is CWE-307 improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts in BG-TEK Coslat Hotspot before 6.26.0.R.20250227. CVSS 3.1 is 6.5, network exploitable, low complexity, no privileges or user interaction, with low confidentiality and integrity impact and no availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely where BG-TEK Coslat Hotspot is deployed below 6.26.0.R.20250227, especially if the authentication interface is reachable from untrusted networks. The source bundle does not provide deployment prevalence or internet exposure data.
Exploitation context
The sources support password brute forcing and authentication abuse, not arbitrary code execution. KEV is false, and the provided sources do not cite active exploitation. Attack feasibility is still meaningful because the CVSS vector indicates remote, unauthenticated, low-complexity access.
Researcher notes
Evidence is limited to the CVE record, CVE List data, BG-TEK release notes, and Turkish government advisories. The record identifies CWE-307 and affected versions before 6.26.0.R.20250227, but does not provide technical internals, proof-of-concept details, or observed exploitation.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade Coslat Hotspot to 6.26.0.R.20250227 or later where applicable.
- Check BG-TEK and government advisories for any additional vendor guidance.
- Limit authentication interface exposure to trusted networks where operationally possible.
- Enforce strong passwords and remove unused accounts.
- Monitor for repeated failed login attempts and unusual authentication patterns.
Validation and detection
- Inventory all BG-TEK Coslat Hotspot deployments and record installed versions.
- Confirm no deployment runs a version before 6.26.0.R.20250227.
- Review authentication logs for repeated failures against the same accounts.
- Verify administrative and hotspot authentication surfaces are not unnecessarily internet-facing.
- Confirm monitoring alerts cover brute-force style authentication activity.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N3.92.5TR-CERTVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
6.5MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.coslat.com/tr/blog/28-02-2025-guncellemeCVE reference, TR-CERT · release-notes
- https://www.usom.gov.tr/bildirim/tr-25-0075CVE reference, TR-CERT · government-resource, broken-link
- https://siberguvenlik.gov.tr/guvenlik-bildirimleri/detay/tr-25-0075CVE reference, TR-CERT · government-resource
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Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.