CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2019-6543

Indusoft Web Studio vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
17.3%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
AVEVA Software, LLC InduSoft Web Studio prior to Version 8.1 SP3 and InTouch Edge HMI (formerly InTouch Machine Edition) prior to Version 2017 Update. Code is executed under the program runtime privileges, which could lead to the compromise of the machine.
Affected vendor
Aveva
Affected product
Indusoft Web Studio
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Published
2019-02-13

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low 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 17.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-6543

  • Confirm whether Aveva Indusoft Web Studio is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-6543.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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