Is this vulnerability remotely exploitable?

Yes. Because the weakness lies in how the client-side hash and authentication are designed, a remote attacker who can interact with the login interface or capture the hash over the network may leverage it without local system access.

What level of access does an attacker need?

The attacker typically requires the ability to capture or derive the MD5 hash value used as the credential surrogate, which can come from observing network traffic, accessing application logs or databases, or inspecting the browser's behavior. Public availability of the web interface increases the risk surface.

What is the safest general fix pattern?

Move all password verification logic to the server and use a modern, slow, salted password hashing algorithm. Eliminate MD5 from the authentication path, ensure the application uses TLS for transport, and treat any client-side transformations as non-security-critical.

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.8)

Use of Broken Cryptographic Algorithm for Client-Side Password Hashing (CWE-327) in N3uron Web UI

CVE-2025-69929

Published:

Jan 29, 2026

Status:

Analyzed

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

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Remote Code Execution on the Server Host

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Vulnerability Type

Category:

Cryptographic Weakness

CWE:

CWE-327

Impact:

Authentication Bypass and Privilege Escalation

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.8)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Cryptographic Weakness

CWE:

CWE-327

Impact:

Authentication Bypass and Privilege Escalation

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.8)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Use of Broken Cryptographic Algorithm for Client-Side Password Hashing (CWE-327) in N3uron Web UI

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

Recent Vulnerabilities

CRITICAL RISK

CRITICAL

(9.8)

Missing Authentication for Forgot-Password Email Change API (CWE-306)

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

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Vulnerability Type

Vulnerability Type

Vulnerability Type

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