Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V6 - Authentication Brute-force prevention, rate limiting
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| Impact | CVSS score of 5.3 (MEDIUM). |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Mar 14, 2026
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.
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RemediationAI
Monitor vendor advisories for patches. Apply mitigations such as network segmentation, access restrictions, and monitoring.
Affected VersionsENISA
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts (CWE-307).
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
Executive ViewAI
CVE-2025-49195 presents moderate security risk rated CVSS 5.3. Exploitation could compromise the security of affected deployments. Organizations should apply vendor updates when available and monitor for exploitation.
Apply vendor patch. If patching is delayed: restrict network access and enable monitoring.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
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