THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2022-31269
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2022-31269

Emerge E3 Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
8.2
EPSS
5.1%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
Nortek Linear eMerge E3-Series devices through 0.32-09c place admin credentials in /test.txt that allow an attacker to open a building's doors. (This occurs in situations where the CVE-2019-7271 default credentials have been changed.)
Affected vendor
Nortekcontrol
Affected product
Emerge E3 Firmware
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Published
2022-08-25

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 low impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 5.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2022-31269

  • Confirm whether Nortekcontrol Emerge E3 Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2022-31269.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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