CVE-2025-53520 (GCVE-0-2025-53520)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-08 16:09
Modified
2025-08-08 19:12
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.6 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
Summary
The affected product allows firmware updates to be downloaded from EG4's website, transferred via USB dongles, or installed through EG4's Monitoring Center (remote, cloud-connected interface) or via a serial connection, and can install these files without integrity checks. The TTComp archive format used for the firmware is unencrypted and can be unpacked and altered without detection.
References
ics-cert@hq.dhs.govhttps://eg4electronics.com/contact/
ics-cert@hq.dhs.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-219-07
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
EG4 Electronics EG4 12kPV Version: all versions
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   EG4 Electronics EG4 18kPV Version: all versions
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   EG4 Electronics EG4 Flex 21 Version: all versions
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   EG4 Electronics EG4 Flex 18 Version: all versions
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   EG4 Electronics EG4 6000XP Version: all versions
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   EG4 Electronics EG4 12000XP Version: all versions
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   EG4 Electronics EG4 GridBoss Version: all versions
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