CVE-2025-52873 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2025-52873

Cognex In-Sight Explorer and In-Sight Camera Firmware Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Vulnerability Description

Cognex In-Sight Explorer and In-Sight Camera Firmware expose a telnet-based service on port 23 to allow management operations such as firmware upgrades and device reboots, which require authentication. A user with protected privileges can successfully invoke the SetSystemConfig functionality to modify relevant device properties (such as network settings), contradicting the security model proposed in the user manual.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Diego Giubertoni of Nozomi Networks reported these vulnerabilities to CISA.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

In-Sight 2000 series, In-Sight 7000 series, In-Sight 8000 series, In-Sight 9000 series, In-Sight Explorer
Vulnerable Versions:
5.x

Timeline

Official Publish: September 18th, 2025
Last Modified: September 19th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)