What is CVE-2017-11579?

CVE-2017-11579 is a high-severity vulnerability in Blipcare Wi-Fi Blood Pressure Monitor, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2019-07-02.

How severe is CVE-2017-11579?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-11579 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Blipcare Wi-Fi Blood Pressure Monitor

CVE-2017-11579

In the most recent firmware for Blipcare, the device provides an open Wireless network called "Blip" for communicating with the device. The user connects to this open Wireless network and uses the web management interface of the device to provide the user's Wi-Fi credentials so that the device can connect to it and have Internet access. This device acts as a Wireless Blood pressure monitor and is used to measure blood pressure levels of a person. This allows an attacker who is in vicinity of Wireless signal generated by the Blipcare device to easily sniff the credentials. Also, an attacker can connect to the open wireless network "Blip" exposed by the device and modify the HTTP response presented to the user by the device to execute other attacks such as convincing the user to download and execute a malicious binary that would infect a user's computer or mobile device with malware.

Published 2019-07-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (74.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 74.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-254

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ethanhunnt/IoT_

References

seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/8 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/153225/Blipcare-Clear-Text-Communication-Memory-C… (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/ethanhunnt/IoT_vulnerabilities/blob/master/Blipcare_sec_issues.pdf (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11579?: CVE-2017-11579 is a high-severity vulnerability in Blipcare Wi-Fi Blood Pressure Monitor, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2019-07-02.
How severe is CVE-2017-11579?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-11579 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.