How broadly can this vulnerability be exploited?

Once the default password is known, any account that was created with that static password can be accessed; this often means the entire student population provisioned under that scheme.

Does an attacker need any prior access or privileges?

Typically no. The attacker only needs network access to the PlaciPy login page and knowledge of the default password plus any valid student identifiers, which may be predictable or obtainable from public or institutional sources.

What is the safest general fix pattern?

Remove all hard-coded passwords from account creation flows, introduce unique per-user credentials (or secure invitation links), and require users to set their own passwords under enforced policy, ideally with a change on first use for any temporary credentials.

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.8)

Hard-Coded Default Password (CWE-259) in PlaciPy Student Account Creation

CVE-2026-25753

Published:

Feb 6, 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

Recent Vulnerabilities

CWE-77;CWE-78

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setGameSpeedCfg CGI Handler

Remote Code Execution on the Router

April 6, 2026

CWE-77;CWE-78

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setFirewallType Handler

Remote Code Execution on Router Firmware

April 6, 2026

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Hard-Coded Credentials

CWE:

CWE-259

Impact:

Mass Account Takeover

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.8)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Hard-Coded Credentials

CWE:

CWE-259

Impact:

Mass Account Takeover

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.8)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Hard-Coded Default Password (CWE-259) in PlaciPy Student Account Creation

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

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setGameSpeedCfg CGI Handler

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setFirewallType Handler

Vulnerability Type

Vulnerability Type

Vulnerability Type

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