CVE-2025-36752 (GCVE-0-2025-36752)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-12-13 08:16
Modified
2025-12-13 08:16
Severity ?
9.4 (Critical) - CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CWE
  • CWE-798 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Summary
Growatt ShineLan-X communication dongle has an undocumented backup account with undocumented credentials which allows significant level access to the device, such as allowing any attacker to access the Setting Center. This means that this is effectively backdoor for all devices utilizing a Growatt ShineLan-X communication dongle.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Growatt ShineLan-X Version: 3.6.0.0   ≤ 3.6.0.2
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