HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2019-6545

Indusoft Web Studio vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
13.9%
EPSS pct
96th
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. An unauthenticated remote user could use a specially crafted database connection configuration file to execute an arbitrary process on the server 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:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
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 integrity.

Its EPSS score of 13.9% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-6545

  • 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-2019-6545.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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