CVE-2025-5241
Denial-of-Service Vulnerability in MELSEC iQ-F Series
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 30th percentile. A vendor fix is available.
What to do
The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.
What it is
From the CVE record
Overly Restrictive Account Lockout Mechanism vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-F Series allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to lockout legitimate users for a certain period by repeatedly attempting to login with incorrect passwords. The legitimate users will be unable to login until a certain period has passed after the lockout or until the product is reset.
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 30th percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
4 events over 4 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- Patch availablerecord updated
- Publishedweakness classified
Affected products
- MELSEC iQ-F Series FX5U-32MT/ESICS / OT / IoT
- MELSEC iQ-F Series FX5U-32MT/DSICS / OT / IoT
- MELSEC iQ-F Series FX5U-32MT/ESSICS / OT / IoT
- MELSEC iQ-F Series FX5U-32MT/DSSICS / OT / IoT
- MELSEC iQ-F Series FX5U-32MR/ESICS / OT / IoT
- MELSEC iQ-F Series FX5U-32MR/DSICS / OT / IoT
- MELSEC iQ-F Series FX5U-64MT/ESICS / OT / IoT
- MELSEC iQ-F Series FX5U-64MT/DSICS / OT / IoT
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Technical detail
CVSS 3.1 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Scored 5.3 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
- Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
- Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
- User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation
Scope
- Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality NoneNo confidentiality impact
- Integrity NoneNo integrity impact
- Availability LowReduced performance or intermittent disruption of service
Weaknesses
Sources
References in the record
- mitsubishielectric.com/psirt/vulnerability/pdf/2025-005_en.pdf
- cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-184-04
- cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-184-04&
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