THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-19616
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2018-19616

Powermonitor 1000 Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
8.1
EPSS
30.3%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
An issue was discovered in Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley PowerMonitor 1000. An unauthenticated user can add/edit/remove administrators because access control is implemented on the client side via a disabled attribute for a BUTTON element.
Affected vendor
Rockwellautomation
Affected product
Powermonitor 1000 Firmware
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-287 — Improper Authentication
Published
2018-12-26

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 30.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-19616

  • Confirm whether Rockwellautomation Powermonitor 1000 Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-19616.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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